D · PHI · NHL id 8477499
Rasmus Ristolainen has played 2 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 4 shots while averaging 20:12 a night (17:06 at even strength, 0:07 on the power play and 2:43 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 90% of his 5v5 minutes with Travis Sanheim and 36% with Sean Couturier over the last 2 games, and the Flyers have controlled 39% of shot attempts with Ristolainen on the ice (1-2 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Flyers' most recent game against NJD he was on D1 with Travis Sanheim and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs NJD, detected from shift data
- PP1 in 0 of last 2 (was 12 of 20)
- −2:00 PP TOI
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 19:55 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 8 attempts, 4 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at PHI: 8 attempts, 4 on goal, 1 goal, 0.35 expected goals; best chance Rasmus Ristolainen at 0.11 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 44 GP · 14 points vs 15.6 expected
Last 20 games: +13. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 1.7%
- 100.9
- 30.4%
- G vs xG
- 1 / 3.0
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:32 a game, PP share 16% → 45%): some of the heat may be real.
- • Shot diet worsened: 0.034 xG per attempt lately vs 0.046 before.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 4 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played44
- Goals1634th of 715
- Assists13401st of 715
- Points14501st of 715
- Power-play points1380th of 715
- Shorthanded points238th of 715
- Shots on goal58511th of 715
- Hits48415th of 715
- Blocked shots63185th of 715
- Plus/minus+10123rd of 715
- Penalty minutes16507th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.9%466th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)48.6%419th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)52.3%203rd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)52.1%210th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)55.6%107th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)50.6%277th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.16684th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60+0.00393rd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.19635th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game21:2373rd of 715
- Power-play time per game1:20291st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %38.4%603rd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.13206th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1009250th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.0548th of 715
- Luck Meter−18514th of 828
- Ascension score35395th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.4619th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts17614th of 715
- Hardest shot93.3141st of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.1%421st of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 43 of 44 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.057
- Season net
- −0.73xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.16
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 21, 2026 alerts →
- Played 6:26 more than his 5-game averageFeb 5, 2026 alerts →
- Played 9:31 less than his 5-game averageFeb 2, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Oct 27, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Oct 26, 2024 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Dec 22, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Dec 12, 2023 alerts →
- Played 6:44 more than his 5-game averageApr 9, 2023 alerts →
How his goals happened
8 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 @ NJD | Deflection | — | 4* | 52.7 | deflection | |
| Apr 22, 2026 vs PIT | Cycle | — | 1* | 57.2 | — | |
| Feb 3, 2026 vs WSH | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 22.9 | — | |
| Feb 25, 2025 vs PIT | Odd-man rush | carry | 3 | 62.0 | 3-on-2, one-timer | |
| Feb 22, 2025 vs EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 17.7 | — | |
| Jan 21, 2025 vs DET | Rebound | carry | 0 | 2.8 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Oct 26, 2024 vs MIN | Rebound | carry | 1 | 28.5 | 4-on-2, rebound | |
| Dec 31, 2023 @ CGY | Rush | loose | 0 | 57.1 | one-timer |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ristolainen
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Ristolainen apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Sanheim | D | 2 | 30:45 | 90% | 35.5% | 33% (1-2) | 100.0% 3:27 | 28.6% 3:31 |
| Sean Couturier | C | 2 | 12:19 | 36% | 27.6% | 100% (1-0) | 45.1% 21:53 | 50.0% 12:26 |
| Noel Acciari | C | 2 | 11:14 | 33% | 34.8% | 0% (0-1) | 40.4% 22:58 | 34.8% 14:04 |
| Trevor Zegras | C | 2 | 10:52 | 32% | 27.3% | — (0-0) | 43.1% 23:20 | 31.0% 16:41 |
| Christian Dvorak | LW | 2 | 10:38 | 31% | 52.0% | 0% (0-2) | 32.7% 23:34 | 26.5% 18:08 |
| Owen Tippett | RW | 2 | 10:16 | 30% | 34.6% | 50% (1-1) | 40.7% 23:56 | 31.0% 14:38 |
| Carl Grundstrom | RW | 2 | 9:13 | 27% | 26.9% | 50% (1-1) | 44.4% 24:59 | 41.2% 11:06 |
| Travis Konecny | C | 2 | 8:49 | 26% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 35.0% 25:23 | 22.6% 15:45 |
| Tyson Foerster | RW | 2 | 8:39 | 25% | 52.4% | — (0-0) | 33.9% 25:33 | 17.1% 18:16 |
| Porter Martone | RW | 2 | 7:05 | 21% | 26.3% | — (0-0) | 42.6% 27:07 | 30.3% 15:31 |
| Matvei Michkov | RW | 2 | 5:54 | 17% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 33.8% 28:18 | 32.3% 17:58 |
| Alex Bump | LW | 1 | 4:11 | 12% | 25.0% | — (0-0) | 43.8% 14:48 | 14.3% 3:18 |
| Noah Cates | LW | 1 | 2:23 | 7% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 34.3% 16:36 | 23.5% 8:23 |
| Simon Benoit | D | 1 | 1:23 | 4% | — | — (0-0) | 40.0% 17:36 | 33.3% 11:52 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ NJD | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 22:44 | 18:59 | — | 3:11 |
| Sep 30 | vs PIT | L 0-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 17:40 | 15:13 | 0:13 | 2:14 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 40:24 | 20:12 | 35 | 57 | 38.0% | 37.5% | 19 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 50% | 1.0 | 3.2 | 9% |
| Even strength | 2 | 34:12 | 17:06 | 31 | 49 | 38.8% | 37.5% | 18 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 34:12 | 17:06 | 31 | 49 | 38.8% | 37.5% | 18 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:13 | 0:13 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 5:25 | 2:43 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 5:25 | 2:43 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.4 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | PHI | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0% | 3 | 5 | 20:12 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | PHI | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 20 | 18 | 5.6% | 20 | 9 | 25:00 |
| 2025-26 | PHI | 44 | 1 | 13 | 14 | +10 | 16 | 58 | 1.7% | 48 | 63 | 21:23 |
| 2024-25 | PHI | 63 | 4 | 15 | 19 | +3 | 14 | 100 | 4.0% | 97 | 94 | 20:31 |
| 2023-24 | PHI | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 8 | 46 | 2.2% | 56 | 45 | 16:41 |
| 2022-23 | PHI | 74 | 3 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 32 | 86 | 3.5% | 162 | 142 | 19:01 |
| 2021-22 | PHI | 66 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -9 | 38 | 97 | 2.1% | 230 | 125 | 21:26 |
| 2020-21 | BUF | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -18 | 36 | 73 | 5.5% | 193 | 68 | 22:17 |
| 2019-20 | BUF | 69 | 6 | 27 | 33 | -2 | 46 | 128 | 4.7% | 203 | 82 | 22:48 |
| 2018-19 | BUF | 78 | 5 | 38 | 43 | -41 | 38 | 182 | 2.7% | 235 | 121 | 24:38 |
| 2017-18 | BUF | 73 | 6 | 35 | 41 | -25 | 48 | 182 | 3.3% | 206 | 111 | 26:30 |
Rasmus Ristolainen news
- Rasmus Ristolainen News: Snags rare goal in OT lossRotoWire
- Flyers' Rasmus Ristolainen: Snags rare goal in OT lossCBS Sports
- Rasmus Ristolainen with a Hit vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsYahoo Sports
- Rasmus Ristolainen StatsNHL.com
- Rasmus Ristolainen HomeNHL.com
- Rasmus Ristolainen Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- NHL Rumors: NHL Expansion, Philadelphia Flyers, and Connor HellebuyckNHLRumors.com
- NHL Rumours: Canadiens Defensive Target, Kopitar Statue & Quinn Hughes ProgressThe Hockey Writers
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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.