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Wayne Rutledge's 1967-1968 season

Wins
21
NHL#3
Save pct
.897
NHL#21
GAA
2.88
NHL#18
Shutouts
2
NHL#14
Games
45
60%
60% of 74

Goaltender Wayne Rutledge was 25 years old when the 1967-1968 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Los Angeles Kings. He played 45 games and won 21 of them, at .897. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 1.

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

1967-1968Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Wayne Rutledge makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠2 win against Philadelphia Flyers

    Wayne was 25 years old · Long Beach Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    14
    Saves
    2
    Goals against
    .875
    SV%
    W
    Decision
    60:00
    TOI
    First NHL win
    • The game
      PHI2–4LAK
      W
      game 1/74
      His night
      .875SV%
      14SV16SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    Milestone

    Wayne Rutledge records his first NHL win

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · October 14

    • The game
      MNS3–5LAK
      W
      game 2/74
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .850
    • The game
      LAK2–2OAK
      game 3/74
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOI
      .926
    • The game
      LAK3–3STL
      game 4/74
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA59:56TOI
      .917
    • The game
      LAK0–2BOS
      L
      game 7/74
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .950
    • November 1967
    • The game
      CHI3–1LAK
      L
      game 10/74
      His night
      1.000SV%
      3SV3SA0GA09:17TOI
      1.000
    • The game
      LAK6–4DET
      W
      game 12/74
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .882
    • The game
      OAK4–5LAK
      W
      game 13/74
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      TOR1–4LAK
      W
      game 14/74
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    • The game
      MTL2–4LAK
      W
      game 17/74
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      OAK1–3LAK
      W
      game 18/74
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      PIT3–5LAK
      W
      game 19/74
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 19 of 7412 of 19 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#1
      .913
      SV%
      NHL#7
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#5
      LAK
      10-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK2–7PHI
      L
      game 20/74
      His night
      .762SV%
      16SV21SA5GA31:17TOIL
      .762
    • December 1967
    • The game
      LAK3–2MTL
      W
      game 22/74
      His night
      .957SV%in relief
      22SV23SA1GA40:00TOIW
      in relief
    • The game
      LAK2–4NYR
      L
      game 23/74
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .886
    • The game
      STL2–3LAK
      W
      game 24/74
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      PHI3–0LAK
      L
      game 25/74
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .842
    • The game
      LAK3–1BOS
      W
      game 26/74
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
    • The game
      LAK0–4MNS
      L
      game 27/74
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
    • The game
      MNS3–0LAK
      L
      game 28/74
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA59:30TOIL
      .882
    • The game
      BOS5–2LAK
      L
      game 29/74
      His night
      .737SV%
      14SV19SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .737
    • The game
      OAK1–3LAK
      W
      game 30/74
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .950
    • The game
      PIT1–4LAK
      W
      game 31/74
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      STL0–4LAK
      W
      game 32/74
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    Milestone

    Wayne Rutledge records his first NHL shutout

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · December 23

    • The game
      LAK3–4PIT
      L
      game 33/74
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA59:43TOIL
      .871
    • The game
      PHI2–0LAK
      L
      game 35/74
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:11TOIL
      .895
    • The game
      LAK1–9PHI
      L
      game 36/74
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .692
    • The game
      LAK0–6MNS
      L
      game 37/74
      His night
      .750SV%in relief
      15SV20SA5GA40:00TOI
      in relief
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 37 of 7426 of 37 started
      14
      wins
      NHL#3
      .894
      SV%
      NHL#14
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#13
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#10
      LAK
      16-18-0W-L-OT35Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK1–6MNS
      L
      game 48/74
      His night
      .900SV%in relief
      9SV10SA1GA20:00TOI
      in relief
    • February 1968
    • The game
      LAK8–6DET
      W
      game 49/74
      His night
      .872SV%
      41SV47SA6GA60:00TOIW
      .872
    • The game
      LAK1–5MTL
      L
      game 50/74
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .808
    • The game
      LAK3–5CHI
      L
      game 51/74
      His night
      .929SV%in relief
      13SV14SA1GA22:59TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      MNS4–2LAK
      L
      game 52/74
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:29TOIL
      .897
    • The game
      PIT1–3LAK
      W
      game 53/74
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      TOR0–2LAK
      W
      game 54/74
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      LAK2–2STL
      game 55/74
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOI
      .905
    • The game
      PHI1–7LAK
      W
      game 56/74
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 56 of 7433 of 56 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#3
      .900
      SV%
      NHL#14
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#11
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#11
      LAK
      24-27-0W-L-OT53Points
      Playoff spot
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–5LAK
      L
      game 57/74
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA59:24TOIL
      .813
    • The game
      CHI3–3LAK
      game 58/74
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOI
      .903
    • The game
      STL2–4LAK
      W
      game 59/74
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
    • The game
      LAK3–1PHI
      W
      game 60/74
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • March 1968
    • The game
      LAK2–5TOR
      L
      game 61/74
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .821
    • The game
      MTL6–2LAK
      L
      game 62/74
      His night
      .769SV%
      20SV26SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .769
    • The game
      STL1–6LAK
      W
      game 70/74
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      LAK2–2OAK
      game 74/74
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA59:53TOI
      .882
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Rutledge closes the 1967-1968 season with 21 wins

    Wins
    21
    Games
    45of 74
    61%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .897
    GAA
    2.88
    Starts
    41
    Events
    21
    career best in wins
    2
    career best in shutouts
    1
    First NHL shutout
    1
    First NHL win
    6 i rad
    straight wins
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Los Angeles Kings are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Los Angeles Kings meet Minnesota North Stars

    LAKvsMNS
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 3
      LAK5–7MNS
      L
      His night
      .818SV%in relief
      9SV11SA2GA20:00TOIL
      in relief
    • Los Angeles Kingslead2–1againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 5
      MNS2–3LAK
      W
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • Los Angeles Kingslead3–2againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 6
      LAK3–4MNS
      L
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA69:11TOIL
      .879
    Quarterfinal

    Minnesota North Stars knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–3

    LAK3–4MNS
    Eliminated
    3Games1Wins.890SV%3.2GAA
    The run in numbers

    Wayne Rutledge ends the 1967-1968 playoffs with 1 wins

    Wins
    1
    Games
    3
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .890
    GAA
    3.22
    Starts
    2
    Events
    1
    First playoff win
    MNS3–4