Rasmus Ristolainen #55

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Philadelphia Flyers

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Selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (No. 8) of the 2013 NHL Draft, he has 304 points (56 goals, 248 assists) in 776 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers. .

Country:	FIN
Age:	31 yrs (27.10.1994)
Height / Weight:	193 cm / 94 kg
Shoots:	R
Drafted:	8th in 2013
Draft Team:	Buffalo Sabres
Awards:	-
Injury:	Week to Week with Triceps Injury

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75

Overall Rating

Offense:Off: 103rd of 265 Defensemen

Defense:Def: 85th of 265 Defensemen

Season by Season Ratings:

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Actual AAV:	$5.100M
Player Contract Value:	$4.800M
Remaining:	2 year(s)
Contract Ends:	2028 UFA
Age at the end:	32.7 yrs (27.10.1994)

Rasmus Ristolainen

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
04.03.2025	Flames	1	0	0	0	0	23:43	4	0.0%	0
06.03.2025	Jets	1	0	0	0	-1	20:04	1	0.0%	0
08.03.2025	Kraken	1	0	0	0	-1	22:25	1	0.0%	0
09.03.2025	Devils	1	0	0	0	0	19:07	2	0.0%	0
11.03.2025	Senators	1	0	0	0	0	18:01	3	0.0%	0
Total		5	0	0	0	-2		11	0.0%	0

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2013-14	Sabres	34	2	2	4	-15	19:07	52	3.8%	6
2014-15	Sabres	78	8	12	20	-32	20:37	121	6.6%	26
2015-16	Sabres	82	9	32	41	-21	25:16	202	4.5%	33
2016-17	Sabres	79	6	39	45	-9	26:28	186	3.2%	58
2017-18	Sabres	73	6	35	41	-25	26:30	182	3.3%	48
2018-19	Sabres	78	5	38	43	-41	24:37	182	2.7%	38
2019-20	Sabres	69	6	27	33	-2	22:48	128	4.7%	46
2020-21	Sabres	49	4	14	18	-18	22:16	73	5.5%	36
2021-22	Flyers	66	2	14	16	-9	21:25	97	2.1%	38
2022-23	Flyers	74	3	17	20	-4	19:01	86	3.5%	32
2023-24	Flyers	31	1	3	4	-6	16:40	46	2.2%	8
2024-25	Flyers	63	4	15	19	3	20:31	100	4.0%	14
Total		776	56	248	304	-179		1455	3.8%	383

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
No games played

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