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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim Bedard WSH · 43 GP, 0.879 Glenn Resch NYI · 45 GP, 0.908 Wayne Thomas NYR · 41 GP, 0.883 Cesare Maniago VAN · 46 GP, 0.870 Curt Ridley VAN · 40 GP, 0.868

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

1977-78 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
43 41 2017401 1119 985 134 3.26 0.880

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 9, 1978 vs MTL W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 6, 1978 vs PIT W 6-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Apr 2, 1978 vs NYI L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Mar 30, 1978 vs LAK L 0-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Mar 26, 1978 @ WSH W 4-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Mar 22, 1978 vs AFM W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Mar 18, 1978 @ VAN W 5-4 W 15 11 4 0.733 60:00
Mar 12, 1978 vs VAN T 4-4 T 14 10 4 0.714 60:00
Mar 11, 1978 vs CLR W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Mar 5, 1978 vs MNS W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 1, 1978 @ NYR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:16
Feb 26, 1978 vs STL L 1-3 L 16 14 2 0.875 59:54
Feb 23, 1978 vs WSH W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 19, 1978 vs LAK W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Feb 16, 1978 vs AFM W 5-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 12, 1978 vs VAN W 8-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Feb 9, 1978 vs BOS L 3-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Feb 7, 1978 @ LAK W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 4, 1978 @ TOR T 2-2 T 44 42 2 0.955 60:00
Feb 1, 1978 @ CLE L 0-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 59:36
Jan 29, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 22 19 3 0.864 35:28
Jan 28, 1978 @ CHI L 1-6 L 17 13 4 0.765 20:00
Jan 22, 1978 vs WSH W 6-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Jan 21, 1978 @ BOS L 1-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 60:00
Jan 19, 1978 vs CHI W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 18, 1978 @ CLR T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Jan 14, 1978 vs BUF W 6-2 W 15 14 1 0.933 49:13
Jan 12, 1978 vs MTL L 1-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Jan 11, 1978 @ WSH W 6-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 8, 1978 vs LAK W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Jan 5, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Dec 23, 1977 @ WSH L 2-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 59:09
Dec 21, 1977 vs BUF L 3-5 10 10 0 1.000 24:36
Dec 10, 1977 @ NYI L 4-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Dec 4, 1977 @ BUF L 1-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ MTL L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Nov 18, 1977 @ AFM L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Nov 12, 1977 vs NYR W 3-1 W 14 13 1 0.929 60:00
Nov 5, 1977 vs CLE L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:15
Oct 29, 1977 @ TOR L 4-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 60:00
Oct 22, 1977 @ MNS W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 18, 1977 @ VAN L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:32
Oct 13, 1977 vs TOR T 3-3 T 19 16 3 0.842 60:00