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Tuomo Ruutu

#15 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Feb 16, 1983 in Vantaa, FIN · 6'0", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 9th overall in 2001 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Geoff Platt CBJ · 5 P in 15 GP Matt Foy MIN · 5 P in 19 GP Timofei Shishkanov STL · 5 P in 22 GP Craig MacDonald CGY · 5 P in 25 GP Travis Moen ANA · 5 P in 39 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402003-04: 44 points4403-042005-06: 5 points505-062006-07: 38 points3806-072007-08: 32 points3207-082008-09: 54 points5408-092009-10: 35 points3509-102010-11: 57 points5710-112011-12: 34 points3411-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 13 points1314-152015-16: 1 points115-16

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 CHI 82 23 21 44 -31 58 174 131 0.54
2005-06 CHI 15 2 3 5 -7 31 30 34 0.33
2006-07 CHI 71 17 21 38 4 95 115 156 0.54 $1.875M
2007-08 CHI 60 6 15 21 3 75 71 133 0.35 $1.875M
2007-08 CAR 17 4 7 11 1 16 29 38 0.65
2008-09 CAR 79 26 28 54 0 79 190 228 0.68 $2.25M
2009-10 CAR 54 14 21 35 -4 50 122 156 0.65 $3.8M
2010-11 CAR 82 19 38 57 1 54 148 309 0.70 $3.8M
2011-12 CAR 72 18 16 34 -3 50 156 151 0.47 $3.8M
2012-13 CAR 17 4 5 9 -6 8 30 51 0.53 $4.75M
2013-14 CAR 57 5 11 16 -19 34 79 168 0.28 $4.75M
2013-14 NJD 19 3 5 8 1 10 26 48 0.42
2014-15 NJD 77 7 6 13 -3 28 74 174 0.17 $4.75M
2015-16 NJD 33 0 1 1 -7 8 34 63 0.03 $4.75M
12 seasons Career 735 148 198 346 -70 596 1278 1840 0.47

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CAR 16 1 3 4 -3 8 17 54 0.25
1 season Playoffs 16 1 3 4 -3 8 17 54 0.25

2005-06 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 2 3 5 -7 31 30 34 0.33 6.7 14:43

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2015-16 $4.75M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4.75M
2009-10 to 2011-12 $3.8M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $2.25M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.875M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2005-06 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 2006 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:19
Apr 16, 2006 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 6 16:10
Apr 15, 2006 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 3 1 13:34
Apr 13, 2006 vs DET L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 19 0 2 08:20
Jan 8, 2006 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:06
Jan 5, 2006 vs VAN L 2-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 16:52
Jan 3, 2006 @ EDM L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 14:25
Jan 2, 2006 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:45
Nov 1, 2005 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:41
Oct 15, 2005 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:10
Oct 14, 2005 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 5 4 18:15
Oct 11, 2005 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:28
Oct 9, 2005 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:40
Oct 7, 2005 vs SJS W 6-3 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 12:13
Oct 5, 2005 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 2 14:43