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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Riley Nash CAR · 24 P in 73 GP Kyle Brodziak MIN · 24 P in 81 GP Matt Nieto SJS · 24 P in 66 GP Nail Yakupov EDM · 24 P in 63 GP Steve Downie PHI · 24 P in 62 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

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 8 16 24 -18 44 105 216 0.32 7.6 14:34

Contract

$4.75MCap hit2013-14
$198KCap dollars per point24 points in 76 games
$6.198MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$977KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.8MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement438th of 672 skaters, 298th of 438 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.8 40th percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 21st percentilePower play-0.8 8th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 27th percentilePenalties+0.6 63rd percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-202468102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

52.3Corsi for %944 attempts for, 860 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Expected goals for %38.2 expected for, 38.1 against
-1.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.5Goals for %30 for, 44 against
96.9PDO6.4% shooting + 90.6% saves
171Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 567 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tuomo Ruutu · Eric Staal · Jeff SkinnerCAR18150:0853.246.66-11
Jaromir Jagr · Tuomo Ruutu · Travis ZajacNJD17140:0864.863.97-3
Tuomo Ruutu · Riley Nash · Drayson BowmanCAR1356:0957.059.23-0
Tuomo Ruutu · Eric Staal · Nathan GerbeCAR945:1152.158.13-1

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

8Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.1Expected goalsfrom 160 unblocked attempts
-6.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes62nd
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt89th
Finishing -6.1 goals above expected3rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 14.1Goals 8

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 13, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:31
Apr 11, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:44
Apr 10, 2014 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 18:35
Apr 7, 2014 vs CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:44
Apr 5, 2014 @ CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 16:02
Apr 4, 2014 vs WSH W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 19:42
Apr 1, 2014 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 18:03
Mar 31, 2014 vs FLA W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:12
Mar 29, 2014 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:53
Mar 27, 2014 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:41
Mar 23, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:48
Mar 22, 2014 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:00
Mar 20, 2014 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:16
Mar 18, 2014 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:17
Mar 15, 2014 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:03
Mar 14, 2014 @ FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 17:12
Mar 11, 2014 @ PHI W 2-1 0 2 2 2 4 3 2 14:52
Mar 8, 2014 vs CAR W 5-4 1 1 2 2 2 5 4 14:36
Mar 7, 2014 @ DET L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:48
Mar 4, 2014 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:12
Mar 2, 2014 @ ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 13:40
Mar 1, 2014 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:21
Feb 27, 2014 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:33
Feb 25, 2014 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:21
Feb 8, 2014 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:30
Feb 7, 2014 vs FLA W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 5 13:41
Feb 4, 2014 vs WPG L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 11:48
Jan 31, 2014 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:45
Jan 28, 2014 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:49
Jan 27, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 09:53
Jan 25, 2014 vs OTT W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 09:51
Jan 23, 2014 @ BUF W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 08:31
Jan 22, 2014 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 11:12
Jan 19, 2014 vs TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:48
Jan 18, 2014 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:36
Jan 13, 2014 vs CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:05
Jan 10, 2014 @ CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 12:12
Jan 9, 2014 vs TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:28
Jan 5, 2014 vs NSH W 2-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 13:10
Jan 4, 2014 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:36
Jan 2, 2014 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 10:50
Dec 31, 2013 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 13:21
Dec 29, 2013 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 2 16:05
Dec 27, 2013 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:15
Dec 23, 2013 vs CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:39
Dec 21, 2013 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:09
Dec 20, 2013 vs WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 19:17
Dec 14, 2013 @ PHX W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 19:46
Dec 12, 2013 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 16:36
Dec 10, 2013 @ EDM L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -2 0 2 4 16:03
Dec 9, 2013 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 18:11
Dec 6, 2013 vs SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 19:58
Dec 5, 2013 @ NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 17:42
Dec 3, 2013 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 5 5 18:30
Dec 1, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 22:16
Nov 29, 2013 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16:18
Nov 27, 2013 @ NJD W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:58
Nov 24, 2013 vs OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 14:57
Nov 23, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:24
Nov 21, 2013 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:59
Nov 18, 2013 vs BOS L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 5 19:13
Nov 16, 2013 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:30
Nov 15, 2013 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:35
Nov 12, 2013 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:47
Nov 9, 2013 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:28
Nov 7, 2013 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:46
Nov 5, 2013 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 12:37
Nov 2, 2013 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 16:17
Nov 1, 2013 vs TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 13:47
Oct 28, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 13:54
Oct 25, 2013 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:57
Oct 24, 2013 @ MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:58
Oct 19, 2013 @ NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:49
Oct 17, 2013 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 11:26
Oct 15, 2013 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 17:13
Oct 13, 2013 vs PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 10:28