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Reijo Ruotsalainen

Position: D
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-8    Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: April 1, 1960 in Oulu, Finland

Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 6th round (119th overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 NYR NHL 78 18 38 56 20 18 27 11 7 0 3 247 7.3
1982-83 22 NYR NHL 77 16 53 69 23 27 22 11 5 0 4 230 7.0
1983-84 23 NYR NHL 74 20 39 59 21 17 26 15 5 0 4 287 7.0
1984-85 24 NYR NHL 80 28 45 73 27 -27 32 18 10 0 2 255 11.0
1985-86 25 NYR NHL 80 17 42 59 21 22 47 11 6 0 2 228 7.5
1986-87 26 EDM NHL 16 5 8 13 5 8 6 2 3 0 1 52 9.6
1989-90 29 TOT NHL 41 3 12 15 5 -5 20 2 1 0 0 80 3.8
1989-90 29 NJD NHL 31 2 5 7 2 -4 14 1 1 0 0 52 3.8
1989-90 29 EDM NHL 10 1 7 8 2 -1 6 1 0 0 0 28 3.6
Career NHL 446 107 237 344 122 60 180 70 37 0 16 1379 7.8

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1981-82 21 NYR NHL 78 0.23 0.49 0.72 0.26 0.35 3.17 13 28 41 15 128 43 72 5 18 3.4 5.0 8.5
1982-83 22 NYR NHL 77 0.21 0.69 0.90 0.30 0.29 2.99 13 43 56 19 141 44 77 7 27 4.4 5.3 9.7
1983-84 23 NYR NHL 74 0.27 0.53 0.80 0.29 0.35 3.88 16 31 47 17 130 40 79 6 17 3.9 4.6 8.5
1984-85 24 NYR NHL 80 0.35 0.56 0.91 0.34 0.40 3.19 22 36 58 22 123 53 99 2 -27 5.4 2.6 8.0
1985-86 25 NYR NHL 80 0.21 0.53 0.74 0.26 0.59 2.85 13 33 46 16 130 49 62 3 22 3.7 5.7 9.3
1986-87 26 EDM NHL 16 0.31 0.50 0.81 0.31 0.38 3.25 4 7 11 4 33 10 17 2 8 1.0 0.9 2.0
1989-90 29 TOT NHL 41 0.07 0.29 0.37 0.12 0.49 1.95 3 10 13 4 43 18 35 5 -5 0.5 1.7 2.2
1989-90 29 NJD NHL 31 0.06 0.16 0.23 0.08 0.45 1.68 2 4 6 2 27 10 24 3 -4 0.0 1.3 1.3
1989-90 29 EDM NHL 10 0.10 0.70 0.80 0.25 0.60 2.80 1 6 7 2 16 8 11 2 -1 0.5 0.4 0.9
Career NHL 446 0.24 0.53 0.77 0.27 0.40 3.09 84 188 272 97 728 257 441 30 60 22.3 25.8 48.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 21 NYR NHL 10 4 5 9 2 2 2 0 1
1982-83 22 NYR NHL 9 4 2 6 6 3 1 0 1
1983-84 23 NYR NHL 5 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 17 5.9
1984-85 24 NYR NHL 3 2 0 2 -2 6 1 1 0 0 13 15.4
1985-86 25 NYR NHL 16 0 8 8 -1 6 0 0 0 0 29 0.0
1986-87 26 EDM NHL SC 21 2 5 7 8 10 1 1 0 1 46 4.3
1989-90 29 EDM NHL SC 22 2 11 13 13 12 1 1 0 0 55 3.6
Career NHL 2 86 15 32 47 19 44 8 7 0 4 160 4.4

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 15 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 34 9 15 24 12
1975-76 15 Finland EJC-A 3 1 0 1 0
1976-77 16 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 42 25 41 66 14
1976-77 16 Finland WJC-A 7 2 4 6 6
1976-77 16 Finland EJC-A 2 0 2 2 0
1977-78 17 Karpat Oulu Finland 30 9 14 23 4
1977-78 17 Finland WJC-A 6 3 3 6 2
1977-78 17 Finland WEC-A 10 2 0 2 2
1978-79 18 Karpat Oulu Finland 36 14 8 22 47
1978-79 18 Finland WJC-A 6 0 3 3 0
1978-79 18 Finland WEC-A 6 2 0 2 2
1979-80 19 Karpat Oulu Finland 30 15 13 28 31
1979-80 19 Finland WJC-A 5 4 3 7 2
1980-81 20 Karpat Oulu Finland 34 28 23 51 28
1980-81 20 Finland WEC-A 8 3 2 5 4
1981-82 21 Finland Can-Cup 5 0 1 1 2
1981-82 21 New York Rangers DN-Cup 4 1 6 7
1984-85 24 Finland WEC-A 10 0 4 4 6
1986-87 26 SC Bern Swiss 35 26 27 53 27
1987-88 27 Finland Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 2
1987-88 27 HV 71 Jonkoping Sweden 40 10 22 32 26
1987-88 27 Finland Olympics 8 4 2 6 0
1988-89 28 SC Bern Swiss 36 17 29 46 46
1988-89 28 Finland WEC-A 10 2 4 6 6
1990-91 30 SC Bern Swiss 36 13 25 38 20
1991-92 31 SC Bern Swiss 35 7 16 23 24
1992-93 32 SC Bern Swiss 31 7 15 22 42
1993-94 33 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 4 1 5 6 6
1993-94 33 Tappara Tampere Finland 6 2 4 6 2
1994-95 34 SC Bern Swiss 19 3 7 10 20
1995-96 35 KalPa Kuopio Finland 16 3 5 8 4
1995-96 35 Zurcher SC Swiss 18 4 11 15 4
1996-97 36 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 17 1 5 6 14
1997-98 37 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 44 8 23 31 42
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 9 0 1 1 4
Career 1 Season DN-Cup 4 1 6 7
Career 2 Seasons EJC-A 5 1 2 3 0
Career 6 Seasons Finland 152 71 67 138 116
Career 5 Seasons Finland-2 141 44 89 133 88
Career 1 Season Olympics 8 4 2 6 0
Career 1 Season Sweden 40 10 22 32 26
Career 7 Seasons Swiss 210 77 130 207 183
Career 5 Seasons WEC-A 44 9 10 19 20
Career 4 Seasons WJC-A 24 9 13 22 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 19 Karpat Oulu Finland 6 5 2 7 0
1980-81 20 Karpat Oulu Finland 12 7 4 11 6
1987-88 27 HV 71 Jonkoping Sweden 2 0 1 1 2
1988-89 28 SC Bern Swiss 11 4 7 11 22
1990-91 30 SC Bern Swiss 10 5 8 13 10
1991-92 31 SC Bern Swiss 11 4 6 10 4
1992-93 32 SC Bern Swiss 5 0 3 3 29
1993-94 33 Tappara Tampere Finland 9 1 2 3 6
1994-95 34 SC Bern Swiss 6 1 5 6 4
1996-97 36 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 9 0 4 4 0
1997-98 37 Karpat Oulu Finland-2 14 2 6 8 10
Career 3 Seasons Finland 27 13 8 21 12
Career 2 Seasons Finland-2 23 2 10 12 10
Career 1 Season Sweden 2 0 1 1 2
Career 5 Seasons Swiss 43 14 29 43 69

Similarity Scores

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Thru 7 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Reijo Ruotsalainen 9.7 9.3 8.5 8.5 8.0 2.2 2.0
Bill White 87.7 9.6 8.7 8.6 8.5 7.9 5.4 3.7
Paul Reinhart 86.3 8.9 8.8 7.9 7.5 6.8 3.7 2.1
Craig Hartsburg 86.2 9.8 8.2 7.2 7.1 6.7 2.5 1.9
Ian Turnbull 85.7 12.9 9.4 9.0 8.2 6.6 4.3 1.7
Harry Cameron 85.6 6.1 5.8 5.1 4.6 3.6 3.4
Flash Hollett 85.1 8.1 7.2 7.2 6.0 4.6 3.2 2.5
Doug Wilson 84.8 10.4 9.5 8.6 8.0 6.7 6.7 4.6
Al MacInnis 84.6 10.1 9.4 8.9 7.1 5.3 0.8 0.1
Guy Lapointe 84.4 12.5 11.0 9.2 8.2 8.0 0.2 0.0
Reed Larson 84.0 9.2 8.9 8.7 8.6 7.7 7.2 0.5
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Reijo Ruotsalainen 9.7 9.3 8.5 8.5 8.0 2.2 2.0
Harry Cameron 85.6 6.1 5.8 5.1 4.6 3.6 3.4
Shea Weber 84.0 10.5 10.1 8.2 8.1 3.3 2.3
Dion Phaneuf 82.8 11.2 10.3 8.8 7.0 6.9 5.7
Christian Ehrhoff 82.4 10.4 10.2 7.3 6.4 6.2 4.6 2.4
Duncan Keith 80.7 12.6 9.4 8.7 7.2 5.6 4.1
John Van Boxmeer 78.1 10.0 9.2 9.0 7.4 5.9 4.9 4.3 1.6 1.3 0.7 0.3
Bill White 77.4 9.6 8.7 8.6 8.5 7.9 5.4 5.1 3.7 3.2
George Owen 77.1 8.4 6.9 6.5 6.2 4.6
Vladimir Konstantinov 76.7 11.1 9.5 6.6 6.5 5.3 3.6
Brian Campbell 76.4 10.0 7.8 7.7 7.6 6.9 6.0 3.4 1.7 1.6 0.7 0.0

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1986 NHL

Championships

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1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)

Games Played

1984-85 NHL 80 (1)
 1985-86 NHL 80 (3)

Shots

1983-84 NHL 287 (4)

Defensive Point Shares

1985-86 NHL 5.7 (4)
      

Transactions

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October 23, 1986: Traded to Edmonton by NY Rangers with Clark Donatelli, Ville Kentala and Jim Wiemer for Mike Golden, Don Jackson, Miloslav Horava and future considerations (Stu Kulak, March 10, 1987), October 23, 1986.

October 5, 1987: Claimed by New Jersey from Edmonton in Waiver Draft, October 5, 1987.

March 6, 1990: Traded to Edmonton by New Jersey for Jeff Sharples, March 6, 1990.

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