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Ruslan Salei's 2007-2008 season

Points
30
NHL#240
Goals
6
NHL#348
Assists
24
NHL#164
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#586
Games
82
97%
97% of 84

Defenceman Ruslan Salei was 32 years old when the 2007-2008 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Florida Panthers och Colorado Avalanche. He played 82 of a possible 84 games and scored 6 goals and 24 assists for 30 points, 0.37 points per game. He moved from Florida Panthers to Colorado Avalanche in February. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 5 points.

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

2007-2008Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ruslan Salei opens the 2007-2008 season with Florida Panthers

    Ruslan was 32 years old when the 2007-2008 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA2–5NYR
      L
      game 1/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–1FLA
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:53TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–2TBL
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:02TOI
    • The game
      NJD0–3FLA
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:57TOI
    • The game
      TBL4–6FLA
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:10TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA2–1MTL
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:21TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–3TOR
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:15TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–4OTT
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG24:29TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–4FLA
      W
      game 9/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG23:52TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–2FLA
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:34TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–4NSH
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:21TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–4FLA
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:57TOI
    • November 2007
    • The game
      FLA4–2BUF
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:02TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–4CAR
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:35TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–4FLA
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP27:50TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA1–3TBL
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG25:59TOI
    • The game
      ATL4–1FLA
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:57TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–3FLA
      L
      game 18/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG26:20TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–3ATL
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:17TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2FLA
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA1–2CAR
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:39TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      6
      points
      NHL#253
      1
      goals
      NHL#326
      5
      assists
      NHL#189
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#181
      FLA
      8-12-1W-L-OT17Points
      4th in the Southeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·26th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA4–3WSH
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG25:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA5–2CBJ
      W
      game 23/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP20:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–3FLA
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:52TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–1WSH
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–3FLA
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP20:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2007
    • The game
      WSH2–1FLA
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:15TOI
    • The game
      OTT5–4FLA
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:56TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–3FLA
      W
      game 29/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP23:21TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CGY2–1FLA
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:45TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–0STL
      W
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:58TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–5DET
      L
      game 32/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:35TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:34TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–2MTL
      W
      game 34/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:37TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–5FLA
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG24:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–1FLA
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:46TOI
    • The game
      FLA5–3ATL
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG23:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–1FLA
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:45TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–0FLA
      L
      game 39/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG23:52TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–3NJD
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:27TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYI
      W
      game 41/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG27:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      15
      points
      NHL#224
      3
      goals
      NHL#315
      12
      assists
      NHL#154
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#139
      FLA
      19-19-3W-L-OT41Points
      3rd in the Southeast·12th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA0–3PIT
      L
      game 42/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG22:42TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–1FLA
      L
      game 43/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1SHP21:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–2ATL
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:37TOI
    • The game
      TBL5–3FLA
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:39TOI
    • The game
      COL4–3FLA
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP26:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–5PHI
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:46TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–1NJD
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG24:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–5WSH
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–5FLA
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG23:23TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–3FLA
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG21:24TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–0FLA
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:01TOI
    • February 2008
    • The game
      VAN3–4FLA
      W
      game 53/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:19TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA3–2TBL
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:30TOI
    • The game
      FLA8–0TOR
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG21:12TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–5OTT
      L
      game 56/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:29TOI
    • The game
      FLA6–3BOS
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG23:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–5BUF
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:44TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–1FLA
      L
      game 59/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP26:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:22TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–5CAR
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:05TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–3PIT
      L
      game 62/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:03TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      22
      points
      NHL#228
      3
      goals
      NHL#408
      19
      assists
      NHL#148
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#205
      FLA
      27-29-6W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Southeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·26th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS5–4FLA
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG26:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA2–1PHI
      W
      game 64/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:21TOI
    • The game
      FLA0–5NYR
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:35TOI
    • The game
      COL3–2VAN
      W
      game 65/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG23:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 2008
    • The game
      LAK2–5COL
      W
      game 66/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG19:52TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN1–2COL
      W
      game 67/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:17TOI
    • The game
      ANA0–1COL
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG21:36TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–3COL
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:31TOI
    • The game
      COL0–3DAL
      L
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:00TOI
    • The game
      EDM1–5COL
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–2COL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG19:50TOI
    • The game
      COL1–3MIN
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:18TOI
    Milestone

    Ruslan Salei reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Minnesota Wild · March 17

    • The game
      COL1–2CGY
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:33TOI
    • The game
      COL5–7EDM
      L
      game 76/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG20:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY0–2COL
      W
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:20TOI
    • The game
      VAN3–6COL
      W
      game 78/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP18:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–5COL
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:07TOI
    • The game
      COL2–3MIN
      L
      game 80/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • April 2008
    • The game
      COL4–2VAN
      W
      game 81/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:21TOI
    • The game
      MIN3–4COL
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:04TOI
    The season in numbers

    Ruslan Salei closes the 2007-2008 season with 30 points

    Points
    30
    NHL#240
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    6
    NHL#348
    Assists
    24
    NHL#164
    P/GP
    0.37
    NHL#302
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#586
    Events
    6
    career best in goals
    750
    NHL games
    1×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Colorado Avalanche are in the playoffs

    First round

    Colorado Avalanche meet Minnesota Wild

    COLvsMIN
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    Swedes on Minnesota Wild
    • Game 1
      COL3–2MIN
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • Colorado Avalanchelead1–0againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 2
      COL2–3MIN
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:12TOI
    • Colorado Avalancheare1–1withMinnesota Wild
    • Game 3
      MIN3–2COL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:27TOI
    • Minnesota Wildlead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      MIN1–5COL
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP24:52TOI
      +2 points
    • Colorado Avalancheare2–2withMinnesota Wild
    • Game 5
      COL3–2MIN
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:29TOI
    • Colorado Avalanchelead3–2againstMinnesota Wild
    • Game 6
      MIN1–2COL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG20:17TOI
    First round

    Colorado Avalanche knock Minnesota Wild out 4–2

    COL4–2MIN
    Advance
    6Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Colorado Avalanche meet Detroit Red Wings

    COLvsDET
    • Game 1
      COL3–4DET
      L
      7
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:05TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      COL1–5DET
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:29TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      DET4–3COL
      L
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP22:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • May 2008
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      DET8–2COL
      L
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-0SOG1PPP17:51TOI
      +1 assist
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–0

    COL0–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Ruslan Salei ends the 2007-2008 playoffs with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#75
    Games
    10
    Goals
    1
    NHL#102
    Assists
    4
    NHL#54
    P/GP
    0.50
    NHL#52
    +/-
    0
    NHL#112
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    1×
    First star
    2 points
    best game
    MIN4–2→DET0–4