Regular season and playoffsNYR

Reijo Ruotsalainen's 1981-1982 season

Points

NHL#111

Goals

NHL#139

Assists

NHL#88

Plus/minus

+18

NHL#60

Games

97% of 80

Defenceman Reijo Ruotsalainen was 21 years old when the 1981-1982 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 18 goals and 38 assists for 56 points, 0.72 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 9 points.

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

1981-1982Playoffs

Year 1981
45 years ago
NHL debut
October 6
Reijo Ruotsalainen makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠5 loss against Detroit Red Wings
DETDetroit Red Wings5–2NYRNew York Rangers
Reijo was 21 years old · Madison Square Garden, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
-2
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Peter Wallin and Anders Hedberg.
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- The game
  DET5–2NYR
  L
  October 6game 1/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–8WIN
  L
  October 9game 2/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Reijo Ruotsalainen scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Winnipeg Jets · October 9
- The game
  NYR0–7MNS
  L
  October 10game 3/804
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-5SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–2NYR
  W
  October 14game 4/806
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–5NYI
  L
  October 17game 5/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL3–5NYR
  W
  October 18game 6/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  LAK5–2NYR
  L
  October 21game 7/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR5–3TOR
  W
  October 24game 8/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–2NYR
  L
  October 25game 9/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–3NYR
  L
  October 28game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–7BOS
  L
  October 31game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Reijo Ruotsalainen records his first NHL assist
in the game against Boston Bruins · October 31
- The game
  CGY2–4NYR
  W
  November 1game 12/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–6PIT
  L
  November 4game 13/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–2PHI
  W
  November 5game 14/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–1WSH
  W
  November 7game 15/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–7NYR
  W
  November 11game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-6SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–3BUF
  November 13game 17/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  EDM5–3NYR
  L
  November 15game 18/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-7SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  PHI2–5NYR
  W
  November 18game 19/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR3–4NYI
  L
  November 21game 20/804
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- Checkpoint
  November 21
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  11
  points
  NHL#172
  5
  goals
  NHL#123
  6
  assists
  NHL#188
  -1
  +/-
  NHL#81
  NYR
  8-11-0W-L-OT17Points
  15th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI7–2NYR
  L
  November 22game 21/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR3–3NYR
  November 25game 22/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–7QUE
  L
  November 28game 23/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  QUE4–4NYR
  November 29game 24/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- December 1981
- The game
  NYR4–3LAK
  W
  December 2game 25/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR2–1CLR
  W
  December 5game 26/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  HFD5–3NYR
  L
  December 6game 27/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–3NYR
  L
  December 9game 28/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR5–3PHI
  W
  December 12game 29/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT4–5NYR
  W
  December 14game 30/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI7–3NYR
  L
  December 16game 31/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–3PIT
  December 19game 32/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–2NYR
  L
  December 20game 33/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  WIN2–5NYR
  W
  December 23game 34/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–4WSH
  December 26game 35/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–5NYR
  W
  December 27game 36/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI4–6NYR
  W
  December 30game 37/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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Year 1982
44 years ago
- The game
  NYR6–5MTL
  W
  January 2game 38/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–3NYR
  L
  January 3game 39/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-6SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN1–4NYR
  W
  January 7game 40/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  January 7
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  23
  points
  NHL#165
  9
  goals
  NHL#139
  14
  assists
  NHL#165
  -3
  +/-
  NHL#117
  NYR
  17-18-0W-L-OT39Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI5–7NYR
  W
  January 9game 41/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–5NYR
  W
  January 11game 42/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–4WIN
  January 15game 44/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR2–6TOR
  L
  January 18game 45/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–3NYR
  W
  January 20game 46/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–6NYI
  L
  January 23game 47/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–4NYR
  January 24game 48/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–4WSH
  W
  January 27game 49/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-6SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–2CLR
  W
  January 29game 50/801
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR6–3LAK
  W
  January 31game 51/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- February 1982
- The game
  NYR4–3VAN
  W
  February 2game 52/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–4CGY
  February 4game 53/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–8EDM
  L
  February 7game 54/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–3STL
  February 10game 55/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–2HFD
  W
  February 13game 56/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  QUE2–5NYR
  W
  February 14game 57/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR5–3PIT
  W
  February 17game 58/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  CLR4–4NYR
  February 18game 59/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–2NYR
  L
  February 21game 60/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 21
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
  34
  points
  NHL#157
  11
  goals
  NHL#171
  23
  assists
  NHL#134
  +1
  +/-
  NHL#71
  NYR
  28-22-0W-L-OT66Points
  Playoff spot
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI4–6NYR
  W
  February 24game 61/801
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-5SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–4BOS
  W
  February 27game 62/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-1SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  PIT4–2NYR
  L
  February 28game 63/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- March 1982
- The game
  CGY2–4NYR
  W
  March 3game 64/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–4PHI
  March 4game 65/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–6NYI
  L
  March 6game 66/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-8SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET3–6NYR
  W
  March 8game 67/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI5–5NYR
  March 10game 68/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–1DET
  W
  March 11game 69/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–5NYR
  March 14game 70/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHI2–5NYR
  W
  March 17game 71/801
  His night
  +3P+3G
  +1+/-9SOG1PPP
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  NYR4–3WSH
  W
  March 20game 72/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  STL5–8NYR
  W
  March 21game 73/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYR7–2PIT
  W
  March 24game 74/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +4+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR8–5BUF
  W
  March 26game 75/80
  His night
  +4P+1G+3A
  +2+/-3SOG2PPP
  +4 points
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- The game
  NYR1–3PHI
  L
  March 28game 76/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI7–3NYR
  L
  March 29game 77/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–1CHI
  W
  March 31game 78/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- April 1982
- The game
  PIT7–5NYR
  L
  April 2game 79/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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The season in numbers
April 2
Reijo Ruotsalainen closes the 1981-1982 season with 56 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
56
NHL#111
Games
78of 80
98%
Goals
18
NHL#139
Assists
38
NHL#88
P/GP
0.72
NHL#141
+/-
+18
NHL#60
Events
1
hat trick
50
career points
1
First NHL assist
1
First NHL goal
5 i rad
games with a point · 7 pts
5 days later
Playoffs
April 7
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
First round
April 7
New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  PHI4–1NYR
  L
  April 7
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  PHI3–7NYR
  W
  April 8
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3
  NYR4–3PHI
  W
  April 10
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-7SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 4
  NYR7–5PHI
  W
  April 11
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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First round
April 11
New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–1
NYR3–1PHI
Advance
4Games3Points1Goals2Assists
4 days later
Second round
April 15
New York Rangers meet New York Islanders
NYRvsNYI
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
Anders Kallur
Tomas Jonsson
View the whole round
- Game 1
  NYR5–4NYI
  W
  April 153
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-4SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- Game 2
  NYR2–7NYI
  L
  April 163
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangersare1–1withNew York Islanders
- Game 3
  NYI4–3NYR
  L
  April 183
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  NYI5–3NYR
  L
  April 193
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5
  NYR4–2NYI
  W
  April 213
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- New York Islanderslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
- Game 6
  NYI5–3NYR
  L
  April 233
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  0+/-8SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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Second round
April 23
New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–2
NYR2–4NYI
Eliminated
6Games6Points3Goals3Assists
The run in numbers
April 23
Reijo Ruotsalainen ends the 1981-1982 playoffs with 9 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
9
NHL#43
Games
10
Goals
4
NHL#36
Assists
5
NHL#45
P/GP
0.90
NHL#26
+/-
-3
NHL#268
Events
1
First playoff assist
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff goal
3 points
best game
PHI3–1→NYI2–4

Reijo Ruotsalainen makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠5 loss against Detroit Red Wings

Reijo Ruotsalainen scores his first NHL goal

Reijo Ruotsalainen records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Reijo Ruotsalainen closes the 1981-1982 season with 56 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–1

New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–2

Reijo Ruotsalainen ends the 1981-1982 playoffs with 9 points