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Rasmus Ristolainen
Defenseman #55 Flyers
Player Information

Rasmus Ristolainen has 3 points (0 goals, 3 assists) in 12 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 307 points (56 goals, 251 assists) in 788 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers.

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  • 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 a strong positive for his team, with the Flyers controlling 55% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Rasmus Ristolainen is off the ice, the Flyers control 56% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 25% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 33% in the defensive zone.

  • 77

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 84th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 21st of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.01
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.55
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.93
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.00
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.00
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.78
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.31
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.39
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.82
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.79
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    1.82
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.52
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    5.47
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.52
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.30
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.33
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.100M
Player Contract Value: $5.900M
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
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
08.01.2026 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 1 1 -2 23:31 0 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 -2 20:36 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 1 1 -1 8 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 12 0 3 3 -1 20:53 20 0.0% 4
Season Projection 51 0 13 13 -4 20:54 85 0.0% 17
Total 788 56 251 307 -180 1475 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 0.25 0.39 65 84 $5.100M
88% Jaccob Slavin Team Logo D 31.7 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.17 0.40 65 86 $6.396M
86% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 65 80 $6.500M
86% Brett Pesce Team Logo D 31.2 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.30 0.31 59 84 $5.500M
85% Philip Broberg Team Logo D 24.5 yrs 193 cm / 95 kg 0.33 0.29 62 82 $4.581M
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