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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Markus Mattsson WIN · 31 GP, 0.866 Hardy Astrom CLR · 30 GP, 0.869 Larry Lozinski DET · 30 GP, 0.858 Michel Plasse QUE · 33 GP, 0.876 Richard Sevigny MTL · 33 GP, 0.908

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

1980-81 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
31 29 916400 932 798 134 4.62 0.856

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 31, 1981 vs WIN W 7-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Mar 25, 1981 @ CHI W 4-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Mar 22, 1981 @ WIN W 7-5 W 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Mar 8, 1981 @ WSH L 3-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Mar 4, 1981 vs VAN L 2-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 60:00
Feb 21, 1981 vs MNS W 5-3 9 8 1 0.889 21:25
Feb 18, 1981 @ NYR L 3-8 L 30 22 8 0.733 60:00
Feb 17, 1981 @ NYI W 8-5 W 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Feb 14, 1981 vs NYR W 6-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Feb 12, 1981 @ MNS W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 3, 1981 @ DET L 3-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 60:00
Jan 30, 1981 @ HFD T 5-5 T 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Jan 22, 1981 @ LAK T 3-3 0 0 0 0.000 00:23
Jan 14, 1981 vs EDM L 4-7 L 15 9 6 0.600 59:00
Jan 10, 1981 vs PHI T 4-4 T 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 27, 1980 vs BOS L 3-6 L 23 19 4 0.826 40:00
Dec 23, 1980 vs HFD L 2-7 L 29 22 7 0.759 60:00
Dec 18, 1980 @ DET L 3-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:22
Dec 13, 1980 vs BUF L 4-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 59:35
Dec 10, 1980 vs VAN L 5-8 L 33 26 7 0.788 59:09
Dec 6, 1980 vs QUE W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 26, 1980 vs WSH T 7-7 T 24 17 7 0.708 60:00
Nov 19, 1980 @ QUE L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Nov 15, 1980 @ PHI L 2-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Nov 12, 1980 @ BUF T 4-4 T 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Nov 8, 1980 @ PIT L 3-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Nov 4, 1980 @ NYI L 4-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Oct 29, 1980 @ HFD L 3-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 59:33
Oct 25, 1980 vs NYR W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 23, 1980 vs CLR W 5-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 15, 1980 @ TOR L 4-6 L 43 37 6 0.860 60:00