Reijo Ruotsalainen

Karpat

66 y.o.

Defense

🏒Right Shot

Finland

Drafted119th Overallby

New York Rangersin1980

Career Summary

Reijo Ruotsalainen played 7 NHL SEASONS from 1981-82 to 1989-90 for the Rangers, Oilers, and Devils. Across his NHL career, Ruotsalainen recorded 107 GOALS and 237 ASSISTS for 344 CAREER POINTS. In the playoffs, Ruotsalainen added 15 GOALS and 47 POINTS in 86 games. A 2-TIME STANLEY CUP champion.

Statistics

Per game

International

Regular Season Stats


1974-75	U16 SM-sarja	Kärpät U16	4	6	8	14	-	-	-	2
1975-76	Finland-2	Karpat	34	9	15	24	-	-	-	12
1976-77	Finland-2	Karpat	42	25	41	66	-	-	-	14
1977-78	Finland	Karpat	30	9	14	23	-	-	-	4
1978-79	Finland	Karpat	36	14	8	22	-	-	-	47
1979-80	Finland	Karpat	30	15	13	28	-	-	-	31
1980-81	Finland	Karpat	34	28	23	51	-	-	-	28
1981-82	NHL	New York Rangers	78	18	38	56	18	247	7.3%	27
1981-82	DN-Cup	NY Rangers	4	1	6	7	-	-	-	-
1982-83	NHL	New York Rangers	77	16	53	69	27	230	7.0%	22
1983-84	NHL	New York Rangers	74	20	39	59	17	288	6.9%	26
1984-85	NHL	New York Rangers	80	28	45	73	-22	256	10.9%	32
1985-86	NHL	New York Rangers	80	17	42	59	22	229	7.4%	47
1986-87	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	16	5	8	13	8	52	9.6%	6
1986-87	Swiss	Bern	35	26	27	53	-	-	-	27
1987-88	Sweden	HV 71	40	10	22	32	-	-	-	26
1988-89	Swiss	Bern	36	17	29	46	-	-	-	46
1989-90	NHL	New Jersey Devils	31	2	5	7	-4	52	3.9%	14
1989-90	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	10	1	7	8	-1	28	3.6%	6
1990-91	Swiss	Bern	36	13	25	38	-	-	-	20
1991-92	Swiss	Bern	35	7	16	23	-	-	-	24
1992-93	Swiss	Bern	31	7	15	22	-	-	-	42
1993-94	Finland-2	Karpat	4	1	5	6	-	-	-	6
1993-94	Finland	Tappara	6	2	4	6	-	-	-	2
1994-95	Swiss	Bern	19	3	7	10	-	-	-	20
1995-96	Finland	Kalpa	16	3	5	8	-	-	-	4
1995-96	Swiss	Zurich	18	4	11	15	-	-	-	4
1996-97	Finland-2	Karpat	17	1	5	6	-	-	-	14
1997-98	Finland-2	Karpat	44	8	23	31	-	-	-	42

NHL Totals	–	446	107	237	344	65	1382	7.7%	180

Scores a goal every 5.5 games

Records an assist every 1.9 games

Earns a point every 1.4 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 2.1 games

Playoff Stats


1976-77	I-divisioona	Kärpät	6	2	6	8	-	-	-	0
1979-80	Finland	Karpat	6	5	2	7	0	-	-	0
1980-81	Finland	Karpat	12	7	4	11	0	-	-	6
1981-82	NHL	New York Rangers	10	4	5	9	-3	35	11.4%	2
1982-83	NHL	New York Rangers	9	4	2	6	0	34	11.8%	6
1983-84	NHL	New York Rangers	5	1	1	2	1	17	5.9%	2
1984-85	NHL	New York Rangers	3	2	0	2	-2	13	15.4%	6
1985-86	NHL	New York Rangers	16	0	8	8	-1	29	0.0%	6
1986-87	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	21	2	5	7	8	46	4.4%	10
1987-88	Sweden	HV 71	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.0%	2
1988-89	Swiss	Bern	11	4	7	11	0	-	-	22
1989-90	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	22	2	11	13	13	55	3.6%	12
1990-91	Swiss	Bern	10	5	8	13	0	-	-	10
1991-92	Swiss	Bern	11	4	6	10	0	-	-	4
1992-93	Swiss	Bern	5	0	3	3	0	0	0.0%	29
1993-94	Finland	Tappara	9	1	2	3	0	-	-	6
1994-95	Swiss	Bern	6	1	5	6	0	-	-	4
1996-97	Finland-2	Karpat	9	0	4	4	0	0	0.0%	0
1997-98	Finland-2	Karpat	14	2	6	8	0	-	-	10

NHL Totals	–	86	15	32	47	16	229	6.6%	44

Scores a goal every 7.0 games

Records an assist every 2.3 games

Earns a point every 1.8 games

Gets at least 2 PIMs every 2.8 games

Last 5 Games

Season	Opponent	Date	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	TOI
Playoffs	@ BOS	May 24	0	0	3	0	0	-
Playoffs	vs BOS	May 22	0	0	0	2	1	-
Playoffs	vs BOS	May 20	0	0	0	0	3	-
Playoffs	@ BOS	May 18	1	1	1	0	2	-
Playoffs	@ BOS	May 15	1	1	1	0	3	-

Awards

Year	Award
1989-90	Stanley Cup
1986-87	Stanley Cup