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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 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gerry Desjardins BUF · 49 GP, 0.900 Cesare Maniago VAN · 47 GP, 0.894 Mike Palmateer TOR · 50 GP, 0.904 Glenn Resch NYI · 46 GP, 0.917 Gilles Meloche CLE · 51 GP, 0.890

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

1976-77 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
48 46 734600 1351 1171 180 3.95 0.867

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1977 @ PIT L 2-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 60:00
Apr 2, 1977 vs PIT L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 31, 1977 vs MNS L 1-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 29, 1977 @ WSH L 1-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Mar 27, 1977 vs MTL L 0-6 L 25 19 6 0.760 41:52
Mar 26, 1977 @ MTL L 0-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Mar 24, 1977 @ AFM L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 20, 1977 @ MNS L 1-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Mar 17, 1977 @ LAK L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:00
Mar 15, 1977 @ VAN L 1-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Mar 13, 1977 vs WSH T 3-3 T 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 12, 1977 @ TOR L 0-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 60:00
Mar 10, 1977 vs STL L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:25
Mar 5, 1977 vs PHI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 3, 1977 vs NYI L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 1, 1977 @ BOS L 3-8 L 25 20 5 0.800 47:06
Feb 26, 1977 vs LAK L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:54
Feb 23, 1977 @ CHI L 2-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:40
Feb 19, 1977 vs BUF L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:09
Feb 17, 1977 vs TOR T 2-2 T 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Feb 15, 1977 @ CLR L 2-6 L 18 13 5 0.722 31:16
Feb 12, 1977 @ MNS T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 5, 1977 @ PIT L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Feb 2, 1977 @ TOR L 1-9 14 10 4 0.714 20:00
Jan 29, 1977 vs CLE W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Jan 22, 1977 vs CHI L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Jan 12, 1977 @ CLE L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Jan 10, 1977 vs WSH L 0-2 L 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 2, 1977 vs CLR L 4-6 L 16 11 5 0.688 40:00
Dec 31, 1976 vs CLE W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Dec 27, 1976 vs LAK L 4-7 L 24 18 6 0.750 40:00
Dec 23, 1976 vs PIT W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Dec 22, 1976 @ AFM L 1-2 L 38 36 2 0.947 59:31
Dec 19, 1976 @ BUF L 1-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Dec 18, 1976 vs AFM W 6-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Dec 16, 1976 vs VAN W 7-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Dec 11, 1976 @ MTL L 0-5 L 48 43 5 0.896 60:00
Dec 1, 1976 @ VAN W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 28, 1976 @ BUF L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Nov 24, 1976 vs TOR W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 21, 1976 @ BOS L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Nov 17, 1976 vs STL T 5-5 T 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Nov 13, 1976 vs LAK T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 30, 1976 vs CHI L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Oct 28, 1976 vs TOR L 1-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Oct 17, 1976 @ PHI L 4-7 L 34 27 7 0.794 60:00
Oct 16, 1976 @ PIT L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Oct 7, 1976 vs WSH T 3-3 T 26 23 3 0.885 60:00