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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 1979-80. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ed Staniowski STL · 22 GP, 0.861 Pat Riggin AFM · 25 GP, 0.894 Goran Hogosta QUE · 21 GP, 0.869 Markus Mattsson WIN · 21 GP, 0.887 Bill McKenzie CLR · 26 GP, 0.871

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

1979-80 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
23 23 613301 631 539 92 4.18 0.854

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 5, 1980 vs CHI L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:46
Mar 27, 1980 @ BUF L 1-10 L 32 22 10 0.688 60:00
Mar 22, 1980 @ CLR L 1-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Mar 19, 1980 @ LAK L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:13
Mar 16, 1980 vs WIN L 2-6 L 14 11 3 0.786 31:58
Mar 13, 1980 @ BOS L 2-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 5, 1980 vs BOS L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Mar 1, 1980 @ NYI W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Feb 28, 1980 vs WSH W 4-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 30, 1980 @ TOR L 4-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 58:59
Dec 26, 1979 @ PIT L 4-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Dec 13, 1979 @ BOS T 6-6 T 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Dec 5, 1979 vs WIN W 6-4 W 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Dec 2, 1979 @ PHI T 4-4 T 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Nov 23, 1979 @ CLR L 2-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:20
Nov 17, 1979 @ NYI W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Nov 7, 1979 vs EDM W 5-3 7 7 0 1.000 33:52
Oct 31, 1979 vs MNS L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Oct 27, 1979 @ MTL L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 25, 1979 vs BUF W 4-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 59:44
Oct 20, 1979 vs PHI L 3-7 L 29 22 7 0.759 60:00
Oct 17, 1979 @ WIN W 5-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 10, 1979 @ LAK T 4-4 T 25 21 4 0.840 59:24