C · BUF · NHL id 8481626
Arttu Ruotsalainen has played 18 games for the Buffalo Sabres in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 23 shots while averaging 11:53 a night (10:32 at even strength, 0:48 on the power play and 0:27 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sabres have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Ruotsalainen on the ice (5-7 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Sabres' most recent game against NYI he was on L4 with John Hayden and Anders Bjork and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 8.7% this season against 13.7% across the 35 games in our data.
Right now
From the Dec 30 game vs NYI, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 7 games, 11:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 2 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2021-22 · 37 attempts, 23 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at BUF: 37 attempts, 23 on goal, 2 goals, 1.72 expected goals; best chance Arttu Ruotsalainen at 0.16 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2021-22 regular season · 18 of 18 games through the sequence engine
- +0.049
- Season net
- +0.15xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.152
- Season
- −0.18G
- 42.5%120 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 13-23 · NZ 23-21 · DZ 15-25
- Per 60
- 0.95
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ruotsalainen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
18 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30 | @ NYI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25% | 9:42 | 8:57 | — | — |
| Dec 29 | vs NJD | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 60% | 12:08 | 10:51 | 1:02 | 0:15 |
| Nov 24 | vs BOS | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 10:24 | 10:24 | — | — |
| Nov 18 | vs CGY | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44% | 14:19 | 11:25 | 2:54 | — |
| Nov 16 | @ PIT | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25% | 14:47 | 12:15 | 2:32 | — |
| Nov 13 | vs TOR | L 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17% | 10:54 | 9:50 | 1:04 | — |
| Nov 12 | vs EDM | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40% | 11:35 | 9:11 | 1:39 | 0:41 |
| Nov 8 | @ WSH | L 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43% | 13:06 | 8:42 | 3:36 | 0:26 |
| Nov 6 | vs DET | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | 12:12 | 12:12 | — | — |
| Nov 4 | @ SEA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | 6:43 | 6:07 | 0:36 | — |
| Nov 2 | @ SJS | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 8:13 | 8:13 | — | — |
| Oct 31 | @ LAK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45% | 13:38 | 10:54 | — | 2:44 |
| Oct 28 | @ ANA | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40% | 15:25 | 15:25 | — | — |
| Oct 25 | vs TBL | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60% | 11:44 | 10:35 | — | 1:09 |
| Oct 23 | @ NJD | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14% | 13:06 | 11:19 | — | 1:15 |
| Oct 22 | vs BOS | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43% | 11:44 | 10:31 | — | 1:13 |
| Oct 19 | vs VAN | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63% | 12:13 | 11:04 | 1:09 | — |
| Oct 16 | vs ARI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 12:07 | 11:39 | — | 0:28 |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 18 | 214:00 | 11:53 | 178 | 198 | 47.3% | 46.5% | 100 | 117 | 5 | 8 | 38% | 7.9 | 10.1 | 57% |
| Even strength | 18 | 189:34 | 10:32 | 163 | 182 | 47.2% | 46.7% | 91 | 105 | 5 | 7 | 42% | 7.3 | 9.0 | 58% |
| 5v5 | 18 | 188:31 | 10:28 | 162 | 182 | 47.1% | 46.5% | 90 | 105 | 5 | 7 | 42% | 7.1 | 9.0 | 58% |
| Power play | 8 | 14:32 | 1:49 | 12 | 5 | 70.6% | 61.5% | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 8 | 8:11 | 1:01 | 3 | 9 | 25.0% | 30.0% | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 8 | 14:32 | 1:49 | 12 | 5 | 70.6% | 61.5% | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.4 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 8 | 8:11 | 1:01 | 3 | 9 | 25.0% | 30.0% | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | BUF | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 | 23 | 8.7% | 14 | 6 | 11:53 |
| 2020-21 | BUF | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 8 | 28 | 17.9% | 16 | 4 | 13:59 |
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.