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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)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ken Daneyko NJD · 10 P in 44 GP Don Jackson EDM · 10 P in 45 GP Bob Halkidis BUF · 10 P in 37 GP Tim Bothwell HFD · 10 P in 62 GP Randy Velischek NJD · 9 P in 47 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

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 4 6 10 -25 63 37 0 0.24 10.8 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1986 @ MTL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1986 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1986 @ HFD L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1986 vs BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1986 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1986 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1986 vs LAK W 6-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1986 vs NJD L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1986 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1986 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1986 @ CHI W 7-6 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1986 @ STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1986 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1986 vs WIN W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1986 @ BOS L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1986 vs PIT T 5-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1986 @ NYI L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1986 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1986 @ WSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1986 vs PIT L 1-4 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1986 @ EDM L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1986 @ CGY T 6-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1986 vs BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1986 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1986 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1986 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1986 @ WSH L 3-9 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1986 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1985 vs MNS L 3-8 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1985 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1985 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1985 @ MNS W 6-4 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1985 @ PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1985 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1985 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1985 vs WIN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1985 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1985 @ VAN W 6-5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1985 @ LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1985 @ NYI L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1985 vs BOS L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1985 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 00:00