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Rasmus Ristolainen has 2 points (0 goals, 2 assists) in 10 games for the Philadelphia Flyers this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 8) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres, he has 306 points (56 goals, 250 assists) in 786 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers.

  • Country: Country FlagFIN
    Age: 31.2 yrs (27.10.1994)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 94 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 8th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoBuffalo Sabres
    Awards: -
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The 31-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Flyers controlling 49% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Rasmus Ristolainen is off the ice, the Flyers control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 21% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 44% in the defensive zone.

  • 78

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 93rd of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 32nd of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    63.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.03
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    20.52
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.19
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.19
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.51
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.25
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.74
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.25
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    4.80
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.93
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.20
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.28
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.36
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.16
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.58
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.44
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    6.60
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    7.53
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.100M
Player Contract Value: $6.300M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 33.7 yrs (27.10.1994)
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Rasmus Ristolainen
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.12.2025 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 0 0 0 19:25 2 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 1 1 -1 23:38 3 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 22:15 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 2 19:16 2 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 1 24:04 4 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 1 1 2 12 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Sabres 34 2 2 4 -15 19:07 52 3.8% 6
2014-15 Team Logo Sabres 78 8 12 20 -32 20:37 121 6.6% 26
2015-16 Team Logo Sabres 82 9 32 41 -21 25:16 202 4.5% 33
2016-17 Team Logo Sabres 79 6 39 45 -9 26:28 186 3.2% 58
2017-18 Team Logo Sabres 73 6 35 41 -25 26:30 182 3.3% 48
2018-19 Team Logo Sabres 78 5 38 43 -41 24:37 182 2.7% 38
2019-20 Team Logo Sabres 69 6 27 33 -2 22:48 128 4.7% 46
2020-21 Team Logo Sabres 49 4 14 18 -18 22:16 73 5.5% 36
2021-22 Team Logo Flyers 66 2 14 16 -9 21:25 97 2.1% 38
2022-23 Team Logo Flyers 74 3 17 20 -4 19:01 86 3.5% 32
2023-24 Team Logo Flyers 31 1 3 4 -6 16:40 46 2.2% 8
2024-25 Team Logo Flyers 63 4 15 19 3 20:31 100 4.0% 14
2025-26 Team Logo Flyers 10 0 2 2 3 20:40 19 0.0% 4
Season Projection 51 0 10 10 15 20:40 97 0.0% 20
Total 786 56 250 306 -176 1474 3.8% 387
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Rasmus Ristolainen Team Logo D 31.2 yrs 193 cm / 94 kg 0.20 0.39 68 84 $5.100M
84% Adam Pelech Team Logo D 31.4 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.16 0.28 64 81 $5.750M
84% Owen Power Team Logo D 23.1 yrs 198 cm / 102 kg 0.32 0.44 68 84 $8.350M
84% Philip Broberg Team Logo D 24.5 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.32 0.29 66 86 $4.581M
84% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 71 82 $6.500M
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