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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 1974-75. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Billy Smith NYI · 58 GP, 0.905 Gary Inness PIT · 57 GP, 0.905 Ken Dryden MTL · 56 GP, 0.906 Rogie Vachon LAK · 54 GP, 0.927 Gilles Gilbert BOS · 53 GP, 0.893

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

1974-75 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
59 58 20291002 1770 1553 217 3.75 0.877

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 1975 vs MTL L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 59:44
Apr 2, 1975 vs WSH W 8-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 22, 1975 vs NYR W 7-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Mar 20, 1975 vs CHI L 2-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Mar 16, 1975 @ MNS L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 14, 1975 @ CGS L 2-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Mar 11, 1975 @ NYI W 4-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Mar 9, 1975 @ PHI L 5-8 L 47 39 8 0.830 60:00
Mar 8, 1975 vs KCS W 5-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 5, 1975 @ TOR L 3-4 L 47 43 4 0.915 60:00
Mar 2, 1975 vs TOR L 4-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:30
Mar 1, 1975 vs BUF W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 26, 1975 vs LAK L 1-2 L 18 16 2 0.889 59:30
Feb 23, 1975 @ PIT W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Feb 22, 1975 vs AFM W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Feb 19, 1975 vs PHI W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 15, 1975 @ LAK L 2-8 L 31 23 8 0.742 60:00
Feb 14, 1975 @ VAN L 4-5 L 45 40 5 0.889 59:34
Feb 8, 1975 vs BOS L 5-8 L 33 25 8 0.758 60:00
Feb 4, 1975 vs BUF L 1-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 40:00
Feb 2, 1975 @ NYR T 5-5 T 49 44 5 0.898 60:00
Feb 1, 1975 vs NYI L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 30, 1975 vs PIT W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 28, 1975 @ STL T 4-4 T 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Jan 26, 1975 @ WSH L 3-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 60:00
Jan 25, 1975 vs WSH W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 19, 1975 vs MNS T 4-4 T 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Jan 16, 1975 vs KCS W 7-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 11, 1975 vs BUF T 3-3 T 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 8, 1975 vs MTL T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 5, 1975 vs TOR L 0-1 L 21 20 1 0.952 59:45
Dec 31, 1974 vs CGS W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 30, 1974 vs LAK L 2-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:30
Dec 27, 1974 @ MTL L 1-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Dec 26, 1974 vs MNS T 4-4 T 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Dec 22, 1974 @ BOS L 4-5 L 44 39 5 0.886 60:00
Dec 21, 1974 vs PHI T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 18, 1974 @ CHI L 5-7 L 16 15 1 0.938 39:50
Dec 15, 1974 vs PIT L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:22
Dec 12, 1974 vs STL L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:25
Dec 8, 1974 vs VAN W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 7, 1974 @ TOR T 3-3 T 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 4, 1974 @ NYR L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Nov 30, 1974 @ KCS W 1-0 W, SO 14 14 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 28, 1974 @ BUF L 2-5 L 46 41 5 0.891 60:00
Nov 17, 1974 vs BOS L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Nov 16, 1974 vs NYI W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 10, 1974 vs VAN L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Nov 6, 1974 vs MTL T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 2, 1974 @ LAK L 1-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 1, 1974 @ CGS T 4-4 T 18 14 4 0.778 60:00
Oct 29, 1974 @ VAN L 0-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Oct 26, 1974 @ MTL L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Oct 22, 1974 @ WSH W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 1974 vs WSH W 6-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Oct 16, 1974 vs AFM W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Oct 13, 1974 vs CGS W 7-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Oct 12, 1974 @ PIT L 2-7 L 22 19 3 0.864 38:46
Oct 9, 1974 vs CHI W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00