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Lindy Ruff's 1983-1984 season

Points
45
NHL#147
Goals
14
NHL#179
Assists
31
NHL#125
Plus/minus
+15
NHL#71
Games
58
72%
72% of 80

Left winger Lindy Ruff was 23 years old when the 1983-1984 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 58 of a possible 80 games and scored 14 goals and 31 assists for 45 points, 0.78 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1983-1984Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Lindy Ruff plays the 1983-1984 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Lindy was 23 years old when the 1983-1984 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD3–5BUF
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–6DET
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–3BUF
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–5BUF
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1983
    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 13/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–4NYI
      L
      game 14/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE7–1BUF
      L
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3BUF
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3BUF
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY2–11BUF
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +5+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF6–5WIN
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–7EDM
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8012 of 20 played
      7
      points
      NHL#233
      2
      goals
      NHL#226
      5
      assists
      NHL#200
      BUF
      10-7-0W-L-OT23Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF5–2CGY
      W
      game 21/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF6–4NYR
      W
      game 22/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–5BUF
      W
      game 23/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3QUE
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2MTL
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • December 1983
    • The game
      STL6–7BUF
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–6BUF
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–8STL
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4CHI
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2BOS
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF6–5PHI
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD3–3BUF
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1HFD
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3BUF
      W
      game 34/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD6–3BUF
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF7–4MTL
      W
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–8BUF
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–2BUF
      L
      game 39/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–9BUF
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8032 of 40 played
      26
      points
      NHL#121
      8
      goals
      NHL#150
      18
      assists
      NHL#95
      BUF
      23-13-0W-L-OT50Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF4–2WSH
      W
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–4BUF
      W
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Lindy Ruff reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · January 8

    • The game
      PHI2–6BUF
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM1–3BUF
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–1DET
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Lindy Ruff reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · January 14

    • The game
      MNS4–5BUF
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8038 of 60 played
      31
      points
      NHL#163
      9
      goals
      NHL#194
      22
      assists
      NHL#134
      BUF
      38-16-0W-L-OT82Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD2–5BUF
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF5–4PHI
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3HFD
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–5MNS
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1BUF
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4CHI
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1984
    • The game
      BUF2–4QUE
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE1–1BUF
      game 68/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF8–3MTL
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–7BUF
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD3–4BUF
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–2CGY
      W
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–2VAN
      W
      game 73/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–4EDM
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF6–0NJD
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–3BUF
      L
      game 77/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4HFD
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4QUE
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1984
    • The game
      TOR2–4BUF
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Lindy Ruff closes the 1983-1984 season with 45 points

    Points
    45
    NHL#147
    Games
    58of 80
    73%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#179
    Assists
    31
    NHL#125
    P/GP
    0.78
    NHL#106
    +/-
    +15
    NHL#71
    Events
    100
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Quebec Nordiques

    BUFvsQUE
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Quebec Nordiques
    • Game 1
      QUE3–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Quebec Nordiqueslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      QUE6–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Quebec Nordiqueslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF1–4QUE
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    First round

    Quebec Nordiques knock Buffalo Sabres out 3–0

    BUF0–3QUE
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round