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Jim Rutherford

#29 · Goalie · Detroit Red Wings

Born Feb 17, 1949 in Beeton, Ontario, CAN · 5'8", 168 lb · Catches left · Drafted 10th overall in 1969 by DET (round 1)

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Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award GM of the Year 2015-16

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1970-71. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Phil Myre MTL · 30 GP, 0.905 Glenn Hall STL · 32 GP, 0.918 Jack Norris LAK · 25 GP, 0.888 Bruce Gamble PHI · 34 GP, 0.889 Gilles Villemure NYR · 34 GP, 0.919

Career

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

020401970-71: 29 games2970-711971-72: 40 games4071-721972-73: 49 games4972-731973-74: 51 games5173-741974-75: 59 games5974-751975-76: 44 games4475-761976-77: 48 games4876-771977-78: 43 games4377-781978-79: 32 games3278-791979-80: 23 games2379-801980-81: 31 games3180-811981-82: 7 games781-821982-83: 1 games182-83

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1970-71 DET 29 715301 761 667 94 3.77 0.876
1971-72 PIT 40 1715501 1066 950 116 3.23 0.891
1972-73 PIT 49 2022503 1460 1331 129 2.92 0.912
1973-74 PIT 26 712400 699 617 82 3.45 0.883
1973-74 DET 25 911400 767 681 86 3.64 0.888
1974-75 DET 59 20291002 1770 1553 217 3.75 0.877
1975-76 DET 44 1325604 1379 1221 158 3.60 0.885
1976-77 DET 48 734600 1351 1171 180 3.95 0.867
1977-78 DET 43 2017401 1119 985 134 3.26 0.880
1978-79 DET 32 1314501 885 782 103 3.27 0.884
1979-80 DET 23 613301 631 539 92 4.18 0.854
1980-81 DET 10 26200 286 243 43 4.30 0.850
1980-81 TOR 18 410200 550 469 81 5.07 0.853
1980-81 LAK 3 30000 96 86 10 3.33 0.896
1981-82 LAK 7 33000 207 164 43 6.79 0.792
1982-83 DET 1 01000 39 32 7 7.00 0.821
13 seasons Career 457 15122759014 13066 11491 1575 3.66 0.879

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1971-72 PIT 4 0400 145 131 14 3.50 0.903
1977-78 DET 3 2100 87 75 12 4.01 0.862
1980-81 LAK 1 0000 8 6 2 6.00 0.750
3 seasons Playoffs 8 2500 240 212 28 3.82 0.883

1970-71 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
29 27 715301 761 667 94 3.77 0.876

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1971 vs CHI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 31, 1971 @ TOR T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 28, 1971 vs TOR W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 24, 1971 @ PIT L 2-8 L 27 19 8 0.704 60:00
Mar 20, 1971 @ STL L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:35
Mar 14, 1971 @ CGS W 8-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Mar 11, 1971 @ VAN L 3-7 L 25 20 5 0.800 40:00
Feb 27, 1971 @ MNS L 2-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Feb 20, 1971 vs BUF W 6-5 20 15 5 0.750 39:40
Feb 14, 1971 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 12, 1971 @ VAN L 3-5 L 47 43 4 0.915 59:12
Feb 10, 1971 @ LAK L 2-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:31
Feb 7, 1971 @ CGS W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 3, 1971 @ MNS T 4-4 4 2 2 0.500 14:15
Jan 31, 1971 @ PHI L 1-3 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:34
Jan 30, 1971 vs LAK T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 24, 1971 vs VAN W 7-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 21, 1971 @ CHI L 0-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 10, 1971 vs TOR L 2-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 59:32
Jan 9, 1971 vs BUF W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 7, 1971 @ BUF L 4-7 11 10 1 0.909 20:00
Jan 2, 1971 @ TOR L 0-13 L 17 14 3 0.824 16:06
Dec 31, 1970 vs CHI L 3-8 L 23 18 5 0.783 28:35
Dec 26, 1970 vs NYR W 7-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Dec 23, 1970 vs BOS L 1-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 59:13
Dec 20, 1970 vs CGS L 3-7 7 5 2 0.714 20:00
Nov 21, 1970 @ PIT L 1-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Nov 15, 1970 @ LAK T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Oct 23, 1970 @ BUF L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:17