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Finland Rasmus Ristolainen

#55 Philadelphia Flyers / NHL - 22/23
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-1
Last 10 games
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Oct 27, 1994
Position
D
Age
28
Height
6'4" / 192 cm
Place of Birth
Turku, FIN
Weight
220 lbs / 100 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
TPS
Contract
26/27
Cap Hit
$5,100,000 Powered by
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Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers / Signed
Drafted
2013 round 1 #8 overall by Buffalo Sabres
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Highlights
1-time U20 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time U20 WJC All-Star Team 1
1-time U20 WJC Best Defenseman 1
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Player Statistics
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 49 4 14 18 36 -18 |
2021-22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 2 14 16 38 -9 |
2022-23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 0 0 0 14 -2 |
Projected NHL 75 0 0 0 58 -8 |
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Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2011-12 TPS ET 6 0 0 0 6 - |
Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 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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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
NHL
2022-12-03T18:00:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers vs New Jersey Devils
2022-12-01T18:00:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
2022-11-29T18:30:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers vs New York Islanders
2022-11-26T18:30:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Islanders
2022-11-25T16:30:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
2022-11-23T18:30:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers @ Washington Capitals
2022-11-21T18:00:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers vs Calgary Flames
2022-11-19T18:00:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers @ Montréal Canadiens
2022-11-17T18:00:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers @ Boston Bruins
2022-11-15T18:30:00-0600 Philadelphia Flyers @ Columbus Blue Jackets
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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
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (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 10 626 48 213 261 0.42 343 -174 | 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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Strength
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Hitting
17
Teamwork
15
Shot Blocking
15
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Jake McCabe (D) 2013-2021 8 Buffalo Sabres
Zemgus Girgensons (F) 2013-2021 8 Buffalo Sabres
Sam Reinhart (F) 2014-2021 7 Buffalo Sabres
Johan Larsson (F) 2013-2020 7 Buffalo Sabres, Rochester Americans
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
03/10/2022
03/10/2022 Extension Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers
07/23/2021
07/23/2021 Confirmed Buffalo Sabres Philadelphia Flyers
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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