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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 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Roger Crozier BUF · 49 GP, 0.905 Cesare Maniago MNS · 47 GP, 0.910 Roy Edwards DET · 52 GP, 0.904 Phil Myre AFM · 46 GP, 0.902 Rogie Vachon LAK · 53 GP, 0.900

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

1972-73 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
49 48 2022503 1460 1331 129 2.92 0.912

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 10, 1973 vs NYR L 4-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 59:17
Mar 4, 1973 vs MNS L 2-5 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:35
Mar 3, 1973 vs CGS L 1-2 L 19 17 2 0.895 58:42
Feb 28, 1973 vs STL W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 25, 1973 @ BUF L 1-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:36
Feb 24, 1973 vs CHI W 2-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 22, 1973 vs NYI W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 20, 1973 @ NYI W 4-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 18, 1973 @ BUF L 1-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Feb 17, 1973 vs BUF T 3-3 T 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 14, 1973 vs VAN W 6-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 7, 1973 @ MTL L 2-5 L 9 5 4 0.556 06:59
Feb 4, 1973 @ MNS L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Feb 3, 1973 vs MNS W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 31, 1973 vs LAK W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 27, 1973 vs PHI L 3-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:46
Jan 24, 1973 vs TOR W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 21, 1973 @ CHI L 3-9 L 28 21 7 0.750 40:00
Jan 20, 1973 vs BOS W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 18, 1973 vs MTL L 2-5 L 22 19 3 0.864 40:00
Jan 14, 1973 @ DET L 2-3 L 41 38 3 0.927 59:20
Jan 13, 1973 vs LAK W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 10, 1973 vs DET L 1-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 59:41
Jan 7, 1973 @ NYR L 0-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Jan 3, 1973 @ CHI W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Jan 2, 1973 @ STL L 4-5 L 7 6 1 0.857 15:40
Dec 29, 1972 vs TOR L 0-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 42:57
Dec 27, 1972 @ TOR T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 26, 1972 @ DET T 1-1 T 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Dec 23, 1972 @ MTL L 3-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Dec 19, 1972 vs BOS L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:22
Dec 9, 1972 @ LAK L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 3, 1972 @ CHI L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Dec 2, 1972 vs CHI W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 26, 1972 @ AFM L 2-6 2 0 2 0.000 04:47
Nov 25, 1972 vs NYI T 2-2 T 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Nov 22, 1972 vs STL W 10-4 W 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Nov 19, 1972 @ NYR W 5-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Nov 18, 1972 vs AFM W 6-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 22:06
Nov 15, 1972 vs MNS W 7-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 12, 1972 @ BUF L 0-1 L 41 40 1 0.976 59:25
Nov 8, 1972 vs PHI W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 5, 1972 @ DET T 1-1 T 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 4, 1972 vs NYR W 6-4 W 39 35 4 0.897 60:00
Nov 2, 1972 @ PHI L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Oct 18, 1972 @ TOR L 3-4 17 14 3 0.824 27:21
Oct 15, 1972 @ BOS L 4-8 L 33 25 8 0.758 60:00
Oct 11, 1972 @ STL W 5-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Oct 7, 1972 vs LAK W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00