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Lindy Ruff's 1989-1990 season

Points
9
NHL#392
Goals
3
NHL#349
Assists
6
NHL#391
Plus/minus
-10
NHL#570
Games
56
70%
70% of 80

Left winger Lindy Ruff was 29 years old when the 1989-1990 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 56 of a possible 80 games and scored 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points, 0.16 points per game. In the playoffs he played 8 games for 3 points.

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

1989-1990Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Lindy Ruff plays the 1989-1990 season for New York Rangers

    Lindy was 29 years old when the 1989-1990 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR5–3CHI
      W
      game 2/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4NYR
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • November 1989
    • The game
      DET1–6NYR
      W
      game 16/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      L
      game 17/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–6PIT
      L
      game 19/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5NJD
      L
      game 20/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 807 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#357
      1
      goals
      NHL#275
      1
      assists
      NHL#373
      NYR
      11-6-0W-L-OT25Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–2HFD
      W
      game 21/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–3NYR
      game 22/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4BUF
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE1–3NYR
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–5WIN
      L
      game 26/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • December 1989
    • The game
      NYR0–6LAK
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–5NYR
      W
      game 29/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–0NYI
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–2NYR
      L
      game 31/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1NYR
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4NYI
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–0NYR
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 35/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      L
      game 36/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–4NYR
      game 37/805
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–7PIT
      L
      game 38/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3NJD
      L
      game 39/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–4NYR
      L
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8025 of 40 played
      5
      points
      NHL#369
      2
      goals
      NHL#301
      3
      assists
      NHL#367
      NYR
      15-18-0W-L-OT37Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH1–2NYR
      W
      game 41/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8MNS
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4STL
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–5NYR
      L
      game 44/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–2NYR
      game 45/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–2BOS
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–4NYR
      W
      game 47/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3PIT
      game 48/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–3EDM
      W
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1990
    • The game
      NYR4–3PHI
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYR
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1NJD
      W
      game 60/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8037 of 60 played
      7
      points
      NHL#378
      2
      goals
      NHL#347
      5
      assists
      NHL#362
      NYR
      25-25-0W-L-OT60Points
      Playoff spot
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–4NYR
      W
      game 61/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–4DET
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3WSH
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–6NYR
      W
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • March 1990
    • The game
      NYI3–6NYR
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6HFD
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–5PHI
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2MNS
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–2NYR
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–2TOR
      W
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–6NYI
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYR
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR5–5NYR
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–7NYR
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–4QUE
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6NJD
      L
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Lindy Ruff closes the 1989-1990 season with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#392
    Games
    56of 80
    70%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#349
    Assists
    6
    NHL#391
    P/GP
    0.16
    NHL#404
    +/-
    -10
    NHL#570
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

    NYRvsNYI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    No Swedes
    • Game 3
      NYR3–4NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      NYR6–1NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI5–6NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    First round

    New York Rangers knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    NYR4–1NYI
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    6 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals

    NYRvsWSH
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      WSH3–7NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH6–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangersare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      NYR1–7WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR3–4WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      WSH2–1NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4WSH
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Lindy Ruff ends the 1989-1990 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#146
    Games
    8
    Goals
    0
    NHL#205
    Assists
    3
    NHL#87
    P/GP
    0.38
    NHL#78
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#275
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    2 points
    best game
    NYI4–1→WSH1–4