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Rasmus Ristolainen

#55 Buffalo Sabres / NHL - 20/21

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#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jonathan Dahlén	45	25	46	71
2.	Jens Lööke	52	23	39	62
3.	Henrik Björklund	52	26	30	56
4.	Anton Svensson	51	23	33	56
5.	Albin Lundin	51	19	37	56

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Date of Birth

Oct 27, 1994

Position

Age

Height

6'4" / 192 cm

Place of Birth

Turku, FIN

Weight

220 lbs / 100 kg

Nation

Finland

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TPS

Contract

21/22

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NHL Rights

Buffalo Sabres / Signed

Drafted

2013 round 1 #8 overall by Buffalo Sabres

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Highlights

One of the best defensemen of his age group, Ristolainen was a top-prospect for the 2013 NHL Draft. He is a calm player with good two-way ability and a mature style of play, though his defensive awareness and positioning still need work. More mobile and offensive than Buffalo's other 2013 1st round pick Nikita Zadorov, Ristolainen moves the puck with confidence, has a good shot from the point and has displayed ability to work the powerplay in SM-liiga. Ristolainen has an NHL-ready frame and has gained a lot of strength while playing in SM-liiga and though he is not a big-time hitter, he feels comfortable playing the body and likes to get physical in front of the net.(Matias Strozyk, 2013)

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2008-09	TPS U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	5	0	0	0	0		\|
	TPS U16	U16 SM-sarja	21	3	2	5	8		\|	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	2
2009-10	TPS U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	1	1	4	5	0		\|
	TPS U16	U16 SM-sarja	5	5	3	8	4		\|	Playoffs	5	2	5	7	27
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	8	0	3	3	16		\|
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	24	3	4	7	12		\|	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	4
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	1	1	2	0	2	\|
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	5	0	1	1	4		\|
	Finland U17	WHC-17	5	0	2	2	4		\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	11	4	2	6	6		\|
2010-11	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	1	2	3	0		\|	Playoffs	13	5	3	8	8
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	27	0	12	12	30	-20	\|
	TPS	SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	0	\|
	Finland U17	WHC-17	5	1	0	1	4		\|
	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	10	1	0	1	12		\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	13	1	2	3	64	1	\|
2011-12	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	8	0	4	4	6	4	\|
	TPS	SM-liiga	40	3	5	8	78	-21	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-2
	Finland U18 “A”	WJC-18	7	2	1	3	10	3	\|
	Finland U18 (all) “A”	International-Jr	11	3	3	6	16	6	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	0	3	3	0	1	\|
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	16	0	9	9	0		\|
2012-13	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	0	0	0	0	0		\|	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	2	-5
	TPS	SM-liiga	52	3	12	15	32	-7	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	2	4	6	20	5	\|
	Finland U20 (all) “C”	International-Jr	14	2	6	8	32	7	\|
	Finland (all)	International	4	0	1	1	2	0	\|
2013-14	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	34	2	2	4	6	-15	\|
	Rochester Americans	AHL	34	6	14	20	22	-2	\|	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	2	-2
	Finland U20 “A”	WJC-20	5	3	0	3	8	1	\|
	Finland U20 (all) “A”	International-Jr	5	3	0	3	8	1	\|
2014-15	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	78	8	12	20	26	-32	\|
	Finland (all)	International	4	0	0	0	2	-1	\|
2015-16	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	82	9	32	41	33	-21	\|
2016-17	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	79	6	39	45	58	-9	\|
	Finland	WCup	3	0	0	0	0	-2	\|
	Finland (all)	International	6	1	2	3	4	-1	\|
2017-18	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	73	6	35	41	48	-25	\|
2018-19	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	78	5	38	43	38	-41	\|
2019-20	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	69	6	27	33	46	-2	\|
2020-21	Buffalo Sabres “A”	NHL	36	4	9	13	26	-8	\|

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S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2011-12	TPS	ET	6	0	0	0	6		\|
	Finland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	1	2	3	10	7	\|
2012-13	TPS	ET	7	1	2	3	18		\|
2014-15	Finland	EHT	4	0	0	0	2	-1	\|

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Date	Team	Opp	Score	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	SOG	PPG	SHG	TOI
NHL
Thu 15/04		@
Tue 13/04		@
Sun 11/04		@
Fri 09/04		vs
Thu 08/04		vs
Tue 06/04		@
Sat 03/04		vs
Thu 01/04		vs
Wed 31/03		vs
Mon 29/03		vs

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Player Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	34	6	14	20	0.59	22	-2	\|	1	5	0	2	2	0.40	2	-2
EHT	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	2	-1	\|	0
ET	2	13	1	2	3	0.23	24	-	\|	0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup	1	5	1	2	3	0.60	10	7	\|	0
International	3	14	1	3	4	0.29	8	-2	\|	0
International-Jr	5	85	14	23	37	0.44	142	15	\|	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	3	93	6	17	23	0.25	110	-28	\|	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2
NHL	8	529	46	194	240	0.45	281	-153	\|	0
U16 SM-sarja	2	26	8	5	13	0.50	12	-	\|	2	12	3	6	9	0.75	29	-
U16 SM-sarja Q	2	6	1	4	5	0.83	0	-	\|	0
U18 SM-sarja	2	26	4	6	10	0.38	12	-	\|	2	16	6	3	9	0.56	12	-
U18 SM-sarja Q	1	8	0	3	3	0.38	16	-	\|	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	4	40	1	17	18	0.45	36	-14	\|	1	5	2	1	3	0.60	2	-5
WCup	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	-2	\|	0
WHC-17	2	10	1	2	3	0.30	8	-	\|	0
WJC-18	1	7	2	1	3	0.43	10	3	\|	0
WJC-20	3	18	5	7	12	0.67	28	7	\|	0

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DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
10/11/2016
10/11/2016	Extension	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Sabres
07/12/2013
07/12/2013	Confirmed	TPS	Buffalo Sabres

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Drafted 2012, 1 #13 overall by Amur Khabarovsk in the KHL Draft

2013 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #12 by FCHockey

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