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Jim Rutherford's 1977-1978 season

Wins
20
NHL#11
Save pct
.880
NHL#30
GAA
3.26
NHL#24
Shutouts
1
NHL#16
Games
43
53%
53% of 80

Goaltender Jim Rutherford was 28 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 43 games and won 20 of them, at .880. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 2.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jim Rutherford plays the 1977-1978 season for Detroit Red Wings

    DETDetroit Red Wings

    Jim was 28 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TOR3–3DET
      game 1/801
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOI
      .842
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–3VAN
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:32TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2MNS
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–7TOR
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      .731SV%
      19SV26SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .731
      View the game
    • November 1977
    • The game
      CLE4–3DET
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA59:15TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3DET
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      .929SV%
      13SV14SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–5AFM
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 808 of 20 started
      2
      wins
      NHL#21
      .853
      SV%
      NHL#25
      3.5
      GAA
      NHL#17
      DET
      9-8-0W-L-OT21Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • December 1977
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      .854SV%
      35SV41SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .854
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–7NYI
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      .800SV%
      28SV35SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–3DET
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      10SV10SA0GA24:36TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA59:09TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–4DET
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      .786SV%
      22SV28SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .786
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    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      .933SV%in relief
      14SV15SA1GA49:13TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–4CLR
      game 40/80
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOI
      .879
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8016 of 40 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#19
      .860
      SV%
      NHL#23
      3.6
      GAA
      NHL#15
      DET
      15-19-0W-L-OT36Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–7BOS
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      .806SV%
      29SV36SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .806
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–6DET
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–6CHI
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 45/80
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA35:28TOI
      .864
      View the game
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CLE
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA59:36TOIL
      .949
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 48/801
      His night
      .955SV%
      42SV44SA2GA60:00TOI
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–1LAK
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .853
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–8DET
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM3–5DET
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK1–5DET
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      14SV16SA2GA59:54TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8030 of 60 started
      13
      wins
      NHL#11
      .882
      SV%
      NHL#15
      3.4
      GAA
      NHL#10
      DET
      23-28-0W-L-OT55Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:16TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–4DET
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–4DET
      game 66/80
      His night
      .714SV%
      10SV14SA4GA60:00TOI
      .714
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–4VAN
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      .733SV%
      11SV15SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .733
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM1–4DET
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–0DET
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • April 1978
    • The game
      NYI5–2DET
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–6DET
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–4DET
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Jim Rutherford closes the 1977-1978 season with 20 wins

    DETDetroit Red Wings
    Wins
    20
    Games
    43of 80
    54%
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .880
    GAA
    3.26
    Starts
    41
    Events
    20
    career best in wins
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Atlanta Flames

    DETvsAFM
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Atlanta Flames
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      AFM2–3DET
      W
      1
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0

    DET2–0AFM
    Advance
    1Games1Wins.926SV%2.0GAA
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Detroit Red Wings meet Montréal Canadiens

    DETvsMTL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      DET4–2MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      MTL8–0DET
      L
      1
      His night
      .750SV%
      24SV32SA8GA59:31TOIL
      .750
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–1

    DET1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    2Games1Wins.833SV%5.0GAA
    The run in numbers

    Jim Rutherford ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 2 wins

    DETDetroit Red Wings
    Wins
    2
    Games
    3
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .862
    GAA
    4.01
    Starts
    3
    Events
    1
    First playoff win
    AFM2–0→MTL1–4