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Reijo Ruotsalainen's 1984-1985 season

Points
73
NHL#43
Goals
28
NHL#59
Assists
45
NHL#41
Plus/minus
-22
NHL#560
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Defenceman Reijo Ruotsalainen was 24 years old when the 1984-1985 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played all 80 games and scored 28 goals and 45 assists for 73 points, 0.91 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 2 points.

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

1984-1985Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Reijo Ruotsalainen plays the 1984-1985 season for New York Rangers

    Reijo was 24 years old when the 1984-1985 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD4–4NYR
      game 1/805
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR1–3MNS
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–1NYR
      L
      game 3/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–5WSH
      W
      game 4/805
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI5–6NYR
      W
      game 5/808
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR11–2NJD
      W
      game 6/804
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +5+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR5–2QUE
      W
      game 7/806
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–4NYR
      L
      game 8/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–7NYI
      L
      game 9/807
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG
    • November 1984
    • The game
      NYR7–5PIT
      W
      game 10/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4NYR
      W
      game 11/805
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI4–5NYR
      W
      game 12/808
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-10SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK4–2NYR
      L
      game 13/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6CHI
      L
      game 14/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–10NYI
      L
      game 15/807
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NJD6–0NYR
      L
      game 16/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3NYR
      W
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–8QUE
      L
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–2NYR
      L
      game 19/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYR
      L
      game 20/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      16
      points
      NHL#95
      5
      goals
      NHL#125
      11
      assists
      NHL#75
      -14
      +/-
      NHL#162
      NYR
      8-11-0W-L-OT17Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR3–3NYR
      game 21/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • December 1984
    • The game
      NYR4–1TOR
      W
      game 22/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–2NYR
      L
      game 23/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–4NYR
      game 24/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYR
      L
      game 25/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      game 26/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–4NYR
      W
      game 27/805
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS3–3NYR
      game 28/805
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–4WSH
      L
      game 29/806
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH6–3NYR
      L
      game 30/806
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -3+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN5–4NYR
      L
      game 31/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3NJD
      W
      game 32/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–3NYR
      game 33/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–5DET
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7MTL
      L
      game 35/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–6NYR
      W
      game 36/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN0–6NYR
      W
      game 37/805
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR3–3BOS
      game 38/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD4–5NYR
      W
      game 39/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–6WIN
      L
      game 40/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      34
      points
      NHL#63
      13
      goals
      NHL#78
      21
      assists
      NHL#64
      -21
      +/-
      NHL#181
      NYR
      14-20-0W-L-OT34Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–4STL
      game 41/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NJD2–1NYR
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR9–6NJD
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–7WSH
      L
      game 45/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3NYR
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3MTL
      L
      game 47/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–3NYR
      W
      game 48/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7CGY
      L
      game 49/806
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1985
    • The game
      NYR1–5EDM
      L
      game 50/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4VAN
      L
      game 51/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–7LAK
      L
      game 52/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–7NYI
      L
      game 53/807
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–2HFD
      game 54/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–3PHI
      L
      game 55/806
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM7–8NYR
      W
      game 56/805
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI3–9NYR
      W
      game 57/808
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYR
      L
      game 58/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      W
      game 59/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-8SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WIN12–5NYR
      L
      game 60/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      55
      points
      NHL#48
      21
      goals
      NHL#61
      34
      assists
      NHL#47
      -25
      +/-
      NHL#185
      NYR
      20-31-0W-L-OT49Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH5–4NYR
      L
      game 61/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • March 1985
    • The game
      NYR4–5PIT
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT3–7NYR
      W
      game 63/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-8SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR6–3VAN
      W
      game 64/806
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–11CGY
      L
      game 65/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–3EDM
      game 66/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–3NYR
      L
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–2NYR
      L
      game 68/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–5PIT
      L
      game 69/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–7NYR
      W
      game 70/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–8PHI
      L
      game 71/806
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR3–5DET
      L
      game 72/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2NYR
      L
      game 73/806
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Reijo Ruotsalainen reaches 250 career points

    in the game against New York Islanders · March 24

    • The game
      PIT4–5NYR
      W
      game 74/804
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      L
      game 75/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–3PHI
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–7NYR
      W
      game 77/804
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • April 1985
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 78/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–4STL
      W
      game 79/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3CHI
      L
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Reijo Ruotsalainen closes the 1984-1985 season with 73 points

    Points
    73
    NHL#43
    Games
    80of 80
    100%
    Goals
    28
    NHL#59
    Assists
    45
    NHL#41
    P/GP
    0.91
    NHL#64
    +/-
    -22
    NHL#560
    Events
    73
    career best in points
    28
    career best in goals
    250
    career points
    250
    NHL games
    14 i rad
    games with a point · 20 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    • Game 1
      NYR4–5PHI
      L
      6
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PHI6–5NYR
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 3–0

    NYR0–3PHI
    Eliminated
    3Games2Points2Goals0Assists