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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 1975-76. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glenn Resch NYI · 44 GP, 0.928 Ron Low WSH · 43 GP, 0.854 Cesare Maniago MNS · 47 GP, 0.901 Dan Bouchard AFM · 47 GP, 0.911 Gilles Meloche CGS · 41 GP, 0.888

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

1975-76 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
44 44 1325604 1379 1221 158 3.60 0.885

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1976 vs PIT L 5-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Mar 31, 1976 vs TOR T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 59:43
Mar 28, 1976 @ PIT L 0-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 24, 1976 vs WSH W 7-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 20, 1976 vs PHI W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:55
Mar 16, 1976 @ VAN L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:51
Mar 10, 1976 @ CGS L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:07
Mar 6, 1976 @ PHI L 1-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 58:44
Feb 28, 1976 vs LAK L 1-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Feb 25, 1976 @ TOR L 0-8 L 61 53 8 0.869 60:00
Feb 21, 1976 vs WSH L 1-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:52
Feb 18, 1976 vs NYI L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:31
Feb 11, 1976 @ BUF L 2-4 L 51 48 3 0.941 59:35
Feb 4, 1976 vs MNS W 5-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 1976 vs CHI W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 29, 1976 @ LAK T 3-3 T 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Jan 27, 1976 @ STL W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 25, 1976 vs MTL T 3-3 T 30 27 3 0.900 59:53
Jan 24, 1976 vs BOS L 1-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Jan 18, 1976 vs LAK L 3-8 L 35 27 8 0.771 60:00
Jan 17, 1976 vs TOR T 4-4 T 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Jan 14, 1976 vs KCS W 8-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 59:38
Jan 13, 1976 @ NYI L 0-1 L 33 32 1 0.970 58:58
Jan 10, 1976 @ MTL L 1-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Jan 8, 1976 vs MNS W 5-0 W, SO 14 14 0 1.000 59:50
Jan 3, 1976 @ TOR W 1-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 31, 1975 vs WSH W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 20, 1975 @ MNS L 3-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:52
Dec 13, 1975 vs NYR L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Dec 10, 1975 vs PIT W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:56
Dec 5, 1975 @ CGS L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:19
Nov 29, 1975 @ KCS W 5-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 20, 1975 @ BUF L 2-7 L 48 41 7 0.854 60:00
Nov 15, 1975 vs PHI W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 8, 1975 @ MTL L 0-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 1, 1975 vs CHI L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 29, 1975 vs CGS W 6-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 26, 1975 @ BOS L 3-7 L 50 43 7 0.860 60:00
Oct 22, 1975 vs MTL L 1-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 59:56
Oct 18, 1975 @ PIT L 1-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 60:00
Oct 16, 1975 vs BOS T 2-2 T 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 11, 1975 vs CGS L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:24
Oct 9, 1975 @ BUF L 0-4 L 45 41 4 0.911 60:00
Oct 8, 1975 vs STL T 1-1 T 34 33 1 0.971 59:57