Regular season and playoffsNYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen's 1982-1983 season
Points
69
NHL#59
Goals
16
NHL#156
Assists
53
NHL#21
Plus/minus
+27
NHL#33
Games
77
96%
Defenceman Reijo Ruotsalainen was 22 years old when the 1982-1983 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 16 goals and 53 assists for 69 points, 0.90 points per game. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 6 points.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1982-1983Playoffs
- Year 198244 years agoSeason opener
Reijo Ruotsalainen plays the 1982-1983 season for New York Rangers
Reijo was 22 years old when the 1982-1983 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.
- The gameWSH5–4NYRLgame 1/80
3His nightNo points-3+/-2SOG - +1 assistThe gameNYR2–3NJDLgame 2/803His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- The gameNYR5–3PITWgame 3/803His nightNo points+2+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYI4–3NYRLgame 4/806His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gamePHI2–5NYRWgame 5/803His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR2–8MTLLgame 6/804His nightNo points-3+/-10SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK5–3NYRLgame 7/804His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameVAN5–6NYRWgame 8/806His night+3P+3A+4+/-2SOG
- The gameMNS2–4NYRWgame 10/803His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- The gameCGY4–7NYRWgame 11/803His nightNo points+1+/-6SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR4–5QUELgame 12/802His night+1P+1G-2+/-3SOG
- The gamePIT2–6NYRWgame 13/803His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- November 1982
- The gameNYR1–5EDMLgame 14/802His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–2CGYgame 15/803His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG
- The gameSTL4–5NYRWgame 16/803His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–7PHILgame 17/803His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameEDM7–2NYRLgame 18/802His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG
- The gameTOR1–6NYRWgame 19/802His nightNo points+4+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR6–3TORWgame 20/802His night+1P+1G-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8013pointsNHL#1242goalsNHL#23211assistsNHL#540+/-NHL#72NYR9-10-0W-L-OT19Points13th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameNYI3–7NYRWgame 21/805His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG
- The gameNYR3–0NYIWgame 23/806His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- The gameNYR3–7BUFLgame 24/802His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- December 1982
- +2 pointsThe gameHFD1–6NYRWgame 25/802His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR2–5HFDLgame 26/802His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameTOR5–6NYRWgame 27/803His night+2P+2A+3+/-3SOG
- The gameNYR2–7CHILgame 28/803His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG
- The gameNYR4–4WSHgame 29/803His nightNo points+2+/-0SOG
- The gameNJD0–4NYRWgame 30/802His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- The gameLAK1–7NYRWgame 31/803His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- The gameNYI5–2NYRLgame 32/806His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR3–3DETgame 33/802His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gamePIT3–6NYRWgame 34/803His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- The gameBUF3–1NYRLgame 35/802His nightNo points0+/-7SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR3–4PITLgame 36/803His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-2SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR5–2NJDWgame 37/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG
Year 198343 years ago- +2 assistsThe gameNYR7–2WSHWgame 38/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-3SOG
- +1 goalThe gameDET2–6NYRWgame 39/802His night+1P+1G+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameBUF3–3NYRgame 40/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-4SOG2PPP
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8030pointsNHL#946goalsNHL#19024assistsNHL#43+10+/-NHL#26NYR20-16-0W-L-OT44Points9th in the whole NHL - +2 assistsThe gameQUE1–5NYRWgame 41/801His night+2P+2A+2+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNJD3–4NYRWgame 42/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR0–2BOSLgame 44/802His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- The gamePHI4–0NYRLgame 45/802His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–3VANgame 46/806His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR1–4WINLgame 47/805His nightNo points-2+/-6SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR1–3PHILgame 48/802His night+1P+1G-1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBOS3–1NYRLgame 49/802His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameMTL4–1NYRLgame 50/803His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- The gameNYR2–1PITWgame 51/803His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameCHI5–4NYRLgame 52/802His night+2P+2A-1+/-1SOG1PPP
- February 1983
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR5–5LAKgame 53/803His night+2P+1G+1A+3+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR2–2STLgame 54/802His nightNo points+1+/-0SOG
- The gameNYR1–4CHILgame 55/802His nightNo points-2+/-0SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR5–7MNSLgame 56/802His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–2MTLWgame 57/802His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH4–5NYRWgame 58/803His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG
MilestoneReijo Ruotsalainen reaches 100 career points
in the game against Washington Capitals · February 16
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR5–8PHILgame 59/801His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameWIN4–9NYRWgame 60/803His night+2P+2A+4+/-5SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 8049pointsNHL#759goalsNHL#20340assistsNHL#21+12+/-NHL#32NYR26-26-0W-L-OT60Points11th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gamePIT3–9NYRWgame 63/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- March 1983
- +1 goalThe gameWSH4–3NYRLgame 65/803His night+1P+1G-1+/-6SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNJD6–4NYRLgame 66/802His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG
- The gameNYR1–3EDMLgame 68/803His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR4–1CGYWgame 69/803His night+1P+1A+3+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gamePHI2–8NYRWgame 70/803His night+1P+1A+6+/-1SOG
- The gameBOS4–0NYRLgame 72/802His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–4NJDLgame 73/802His night+2P+2A0+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR7–1DETWgame 74/802His night+2P+2A+3+/-3SOG
- The gameNYR2–3NYILgame 75/806His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameWSH4–5NYRWgame 76/802His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR4–3STLWgame 77/802His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR4–2PHIWgame 78/802His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- April 1983
- +1 assistThe gameNJD3–3NYRgame 79/802His night+1P+1A+1+/-7SOG
- The gameNYR0–3WSHLgame 80/802His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
The season in numbersReijo Ruotsalainen closes the 1982-1983 season with 69 points
Points69NHL#59Games77of 8096%Goals16NHL#156Assists53NHL#21P/GP0.90NHL#73+/-+27NHL#33Events53career best in assists100career points100NHL games50career assists25career goals9 i radgames with a point · 14 pts2 days laterPlayoffsNew York Rangers are in the playoffs
First roundNew York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHISwedes on New York RangersSwedes on Philadelphia Flyers- +1 assistGame 1NYR5–3PHIW3His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- New York Rangerslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- +1 goalGame 2NYR4–3PHIW3His night+1P+1G+2+/-3SOG
- New York Rangerslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
First roundNew York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–0
NYR3–0PHIAdvance3Games3Points2Goals1Assists5 days laterSecond roundNew York Rangers meet New York Islanders
NYRvsNYISwedes on New York RangersSwedes on New York Islanders- Game 1NYR1–4NYIL7His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- New York Islanderslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2NYR0–5NYIL7His nightNo points-1+/-6SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- +1 assistGame 3NYI6–7NYRW7His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG
- New York Islanderslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- +1 goalGame 4NYI1–3NYRW7His night+1P+1G+2+/-4SOG
- New York Rangersare2–2withNew York Islanders
- New York Islanderslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
- Game 6NYI5–2NYRL6His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
Second roundNew York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–2
NYR2–4NYIEliminated6Games3Points2Goals1AssistsThe run in numbersReijo Ruotsalainen ends the 1982-1983 playoffs with 6 points
Points6NHL#63Games9Goals4NHL#28Assists2NHL#102P/GP0.67NHL#49+/-0NHL#97Events10playoff pointsPHI3–0→NYI2–4