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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 1973-74. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dave Dryden BUF · 53 GP, 0.894 Gilles Gilbert BOS · 54 GP, 0.901 Ed Giacomin NYR · 55 GP, 0.891 Gilles Meloche CGS · 47 GP, 0.878 Billy Smith NYI · 46 GP, 0.897

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

1973-74 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
51 49 1623800 1466 1298 168 3.54 0.885

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 1974 @ CHI L 4-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Apr 6, 1974 vs NYR W 8-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Apr 3, 1974 @ NYR L 3-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Mar 30, 1974 vs CHI L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:19
Mar 27, 1974 vs BUF W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 23, 1974 vs NYR W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 20, 1974 @ MTL W 7-6 W 43 37 6 0.860 60:00
Mar 16, 1974 @ LAK L 0-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Mar 13, 1974 @ CGS W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 12, 1974 @ VAN W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 7, 1974 @ PHI L 1-6 L 29 25 4 0.862 40:00
Mar 3, 1974 vs CHI T 6-6 T 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Mar 2, 1974 vs BOS T 4-4 T 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Feb 26, 1974 vs TOR W 7-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 24, 1974 vs NYI W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Feb 20, 1974 vs PHI L 1-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 17, 1974 @ BUF L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:25
Feb 9, 1974 @ VAN L 4-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:11
Feb 6, 1974 @ TOR T 2-2 T 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Feb 3, 1974 vs MTL L 1-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Feb 2, 1974 @ PHI L 2-12 L 36 29 7 0.806 40:00
Jan 30, 1974 vs VAN L 3-7 7 6 1 0.857 20:00
Jan 27, 1974 vs PIT W 6-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Jan 25, 1974 @ AFM T 2-2 T 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Jan 20, 1974 vs MTL L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:35
Jan 12, 1974 vs BUF W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 9, 1974 vs TOR L 4-6 L 22 16 6 0.727 40:00
Jan 5, 1974 vs BUF W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 3, 1974 @ BUF L 1-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 60:00
Jan 2, 1974 @ MNS L 4-8 18 17 1 0.944 11:59
Dec 29, 1973 vs CHI L 2-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 59:36
Dec 28, 1973 vs STL L 1-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:16
Dec 26, 1973 @ DET T 2-2 T 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 23, 1973 @ BUF L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:02
Dec 22, 1973 vs NYR L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 20, 1973 @ BOS L 5-6 29 25 4 0.862 40:00
Dec 16, 1973 @ AFM W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 15, 1973 vs DET L 0-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:07
Dec 12, 1973 vs CGS W 9-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Dec 1, 1973 vs AFM T 2-2 T 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 28, 1973 vs TOR L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:54
Nov 22, 1973 @ TOR W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Nov 17, 1973 vs CHI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Nov 15, 1973 @ STL L 3-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Nov 13, 1973 vs MNS W 5-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 10, 1973 vs AFM T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Nov 7, 1973 vs NYI T 1-1 T 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 27, 1973 vs PHI L 0-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Oct 24, 1973 vs MTL L 2-3 6 5 1 0.833 20:00
Oct 20, 1973 vs CGS W 5-3 W 15 12 3 0.800 60:00
Oct 13, 1973 vs NYR L 2-8 L 35 27 8 0.771 60:00