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Phil Russell

#26 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jul 21, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 13th overall in 1972 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gordie Roberts HFD · 36 P in 80 GP Jim Schoenfeld BUF · 36 P in 78 GP Rod Langway MTL · 36 P in 78 GP Randy Carlyle PIT · 36 P in 67 GP Dave Maloney NYR · 37 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401972-73: 25 points2572-731973-74: 35 points351974-75: 29 points2974-751975-76: 38 points381976-77: 45 points4576-771977-78: 26 points261978-79: 38 points3878-791979-80: 36 points361980-81: 29 points2980-811981-82: 29 points291982-83: 31 points3182-831983-84: 31 points311984-85: 20 points2084-851985-86: 10 points101986-87: 2 points286-87

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 CHI 76 6 19 25 31 156 119 0 0.33
1973-74 CHI 75 10 25 35 47 184 123 0 0.47
1974-75 CHI 80 5 24 29 7 260 185 0 0.36
1975-76 CHI 75 9 29 38 -20 194 180 0 0.51
1976-77 CHI 76 9 36 45 1 233 178 0 0.59
1977-78 CHI 57 6 20 26 18 139 132 0 0.46
1978-79 CHI 66 8 23 31 -6 122 147 0 0.47
1978-79 AFM 13 1 6 7 1 28 19 0 0.54
1979-80 AFM 80 5 31 36 14 115 102 0 0.45
1980-81 CGY 80 6 23 29 17 104 109 0 0.36
1981-82 CGY 71 4 25 29 6 110 114 0 0.41
1982-83 CGY 78 13 18 31 0 112 117 0 0.40
1983-84 NJD 76 9 22 31 -28 96 123 0 0.41
1984-85 NJD 66 4 16 20 -16 110 73 0 0.30
1985-86 NJD 30 2 3 5 -17 51 22 0 0.17
1985-86 BUF 12 2 3 5 -8 12 15 0 0.42
1986-87 BUF 6 0 2 2 0 12 2 0 0.33
15 seasons Career 1017 99 325 424 47 2038 1760 0 0.42

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 CHI 16 0 3 3 -3 49 23 0 0.19
1973-74 CHI 9 0 1 1 -3 41 9 0 0.11
1974-75 CHI 8 1 3 4 2 23 15 0 0.50
1975-76 CHI 4 0 1 1 -4 17 9 0 0.25
1976-77 CHI 2 0 1 1 -4 2 0 0 0.50
1978-79 AFM 2 0 0 0 -3 9 3 0 0.00
1979-80 AFM 4 0 1 1 -2 6 6 0 0.25
1980-81 CGY 16 2 7 9 1 29 34 0 0.56
1981-82 CGY 3 0 1 1 -3 2 5 0 0.33
1982-83 CGY 9 1 4 5 0 24 14 0 0.56
10 seasons Playoffs 73 4 22 26 -19 202 118 0 0.36

1979-80 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 5 31 36 14 115 102 0 0.45 4.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1980 @ WSH T 4-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1980 vs NYI L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1980 @ NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1980 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1980 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1980 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1980 vs EDM L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1980 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1980 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1980 vs STL W 8-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1980 @ NYI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1980 @ TOR W 5-1 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1980 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1980 vs LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1980 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1980 @ WIN W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1980 @ VAN W 9-3 0 0 0 6 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1980 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1980 vs MTL T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1980 vs HFD L 5-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1980 vs WSH W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1980 vs MNS T 4-4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1980 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1980 @ MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1980 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1980 @ CLR W 6-1 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1980 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1980 vs HFD W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1980 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1980 @ QUE W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1980 @ HFD L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1980 @ DET W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1980 vs CHI T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1980 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1980 vs BUF T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1980 @ LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1980 @ CLR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1980 @ VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1980 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1980 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 7 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1980 vs QUE W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1980 vs WIN W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1980 @ NYR T 5-5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1980 vs DET L 3-6 0 3 3 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1979 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1979 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1979 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1979 @ STL W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1979 vs STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1979 @ TOR L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1979 vs MNS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1979 @ EDM T 5-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1979 @ WIN W 5-4 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1979 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1979 @ BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1979 vs LAK L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1979 vs TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1979 @ HFD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1979 vs DET W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1979 @ WSH W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1979 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1979 @ BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 11 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1979 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1979 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1979 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1979 vs WIN W 8-0 0 0 0 2 20 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1979 vs QUE T 4-4 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1979 vs CLR W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1979 vs EDM W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1979 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1979 vs CHI T 2-2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1979 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1979 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1979 vs PHI W 9-2 0 2 2 2 9 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1979 @ QUE W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00