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Christian Ruuttu's 1988-1989 season

Points

NHL#88

Goals

NHL#171

Assists

NHL#44

Plus/minus

+13

NHL#65

Games

83% of 80

Centre Christian Ruuttu was 24 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 67 of a possible 80 games and scored 14 goals and 46 assists for 60 points, 0.90 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1988-1989Playoffs

Year 1988
38 years ago
Season opener
October 6
Christian Ruuttu plays the 1988-1989 season for Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Christian was 24 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.
- The game
  MTL2–3BUF
  W
  October 6game 1/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–6WSH
  L
  October 8game 2/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–4PHI
  L
  October 9game 3/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–8BUF
  W
  October 12game 4/80
  His night
  +4P+2G+2A
  0+/-2SOG3PPP
  +4 points
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Milestone
Christian Ruuttu reaches 50 career goals
in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 12
- The game
  BUF5–4QUE
  W
  October 14game 5/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  QUE5–3BUF
  L
  October 16game 6/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–4TOR
  L
  October 19game 7/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL3–5BUF
  W
  October 21game 8/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF3–4MTL
  L
  October 22game 9/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1988
- The game
  BUF3–0NYI
  W
  November 12game 18/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  EDM5–4BUF
  L
  November 13game 19/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–3CHI
  L
  November 16game 20/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 16
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8012 of 20 played
  12
  points
  NHL#127
  3
  goals
  NHL#172
  9
  assists
  NHL#86
  BUF
  8-10-0W-L-OT18Points
  11th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF4–5LAK
  L
  November 19game 21/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–4VAN
  L
  November 22game 22/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CHI4–5BUF
  W
  November 25game 23/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PHI3–7BUF
  W
  November 27game 24/804
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  QUE2–6BUF
  W
  November 30game 25/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- December 1988
- The game
  HFD6–1BUF
  L
  December 2game 26/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3MTL
  L
  December 3game 27/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Christian Ruuttu reaches 100 career assists
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · December 3
- The game
  BUF0–9HFD
  L
  December 6game 28/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–2BOS
  W
  December 8game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  WSH6–4BUF
  L
  December 11game 30/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF3–4WIN
  L
  December 14game 31/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–2MNS
  December 15game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  EDM5–5BUF
  December 19game 33/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF5–2NYR
  W
  December 21game 34/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR2–5BUF
  W
  December 23game 35/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BOS1–2BUF
  W
  December 26game 36/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET1–4BUF
  W
  December 28game 37/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–5WSH
  L
  December 30game 38/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PHI3–2BUF
  L
  December 31game 39/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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Year 1989
37 years ago
- The game
  HFD5–4BUF
  L
  January 4game 40/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8032 of 40 played
  28
  points
  NHL#101
  7
  goals
  NHL#163
  21
  assists
  NHL#58
  BUF
  16-20-0W-L-OT36Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF4–5NJD
  L
  January 6game 41/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–1TOR
  W
  January 7game 42/802
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  CHI5–6BUF
  W
  January 12game 43/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–1QUE
  January 14game 44/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY2–3BUF
  W
  January 15game 45/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MNS3–3BUF
  January 18game 46/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF6–5BOS
  W
  January 21game 47/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–6BUF
  W
  January 22game 48/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  BUF6–3DET
  W
  January 25game 49/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–4BUF
  W
  January 27game 50/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF1–2MTL
  L
  January 28game 51/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–3HFD
  W
  January 31game 52/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- February 1989
- The game
  BUF3–7STL
  L
  February 2game 53/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–5LAK
  L
  February 4game 54/801
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BUF2–5HFD
  L
  February 9game 55/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–4BUF
  L
  February 10game 56/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–5BUF
  W
  February 12game 57/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +3 assists
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- The game
  BUF3–7PIT
  L
  February 14game 58/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–5BUF
  W
  February 15game 59/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT1–5BUF
  W
  February 17game 60/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 17
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8052 of 60 played
  49
  points
  NHL#69
  11
  goals
  NHL#157
  38
  assists
  NHL#28
  BUF
  27-27-0W-L-OT60Points
  Playoff spot
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  DET4–8BUF
  W
  February 19game 61/801
  His night
  +4P+1G+3A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +4 points
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- The game
  NYI5–7BUF
  W
  February 22game 62/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- March 1989
- The game
  BUF2–0NYR
  W
  March 8game 68/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–6BOS
  March 11game 69/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–3BUF
  W
  March 12game 70/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–1HFD
  W
  March 16game 71/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF0–3MNS
  L
  March 18game 72/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–1WIN
  W
  March 20game 73/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–1BUF
  L
  March 22game 74/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–5BUF
  W
  March 24game 75/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF1–4QUE
  L
  March 25game 76/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD2–4BUF
  W
  March 28game 77/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–2BUF
  L
  March 30game 78/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- April 1989
- The game
  BUF4–3NYI
  W
  April 1game 79/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  QUE2–4BUF
  W
  April 2game 80/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 2
Christian Ruuttu closes the 1988-1989 season with 60 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
60
NHL#88
Games
67of 80
84%
Goals
14
NHL#171
Assists
46
NHL#44
P/GP
0.90
NHL#74
+/-
+13
NHL#65
Events
46
career best in assists
100
career assists
50
career goals
6 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
3 days later
Playoffs
April 5
Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs
First round
April 5
Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins
BUFvsBOS
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
Christian Ruuttu
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Michael Thelvén
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- Game 1
  BUF6–0BOS
  W
  April 51
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BUF3–5BOS
  L
  April 61
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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First round
April 11
Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1
BUF1–4BOS
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
April 11
Christian Ruuttu ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 0 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
0
NHL#270
Games
2
Goals
0
NHL#195
Assists
0
NHL#243
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-1
NHL#181
BOS1–4

Christian Ruuttu plays the 1988-1989 season for Buffalo Sabres

Christian Ruuttu reaches 50 career goals

1/4 into the season

Christian Ruuttu reaches 100 career assists

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Christian Ruuttu closes the 1988-1989 season with 60 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

Christian Ruuttu ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 0 points