Rasmus Ristolainen

#55Defenseman6'4"207 lb

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2026-27 regular season

SOG

25.0% SH

20:12

TOI/GP

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

Pair

Travis Sanheim

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2D

Nick Seeler

Last 2: D2 · D2

Ascension35Coolinglast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026

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

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

2 games shown, 19:55 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed41st4121.4 mph

Bursts 20+ mph45th4617

Hardest shot67th6893.3 mph

Offensive-zone time42nd4341.1%

Distance skated47th47128.8 mi

High-danger SOG84th859

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 44 GP · 14 points vs 15.6 expected

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Luck meter-18

Last 20 games: +13. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−2.0 G

On-ice SH%+6.0 G

On-ice SV%−0.6 G

IPP−2.9 G

Points vs expected−1.6 P

: 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.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
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Player analytics

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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
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game21:2373rd of 715
Power-play time per game1:20291st of 715
Power-play share35.4%287th of 713
Ice-time share34.9%79th 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)

Method Leaders

: −0.057
Season net: −0.73xG

Offensive TK/600.08 (1)

Offensive GV/600.39 (5)

Neutral TK/600.16 (2)

Neutral GV/600.08 (1)

Defensive TK/600.47 (6)

Defensive GV/602.27 (29)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.16
Attempts: 2
: 0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.41G
Per 60: +0.026
Drawn / taken: 10 / 8minors

Method Leaders

: 52.1%
: 55.6%
: 52.3%
Transition CF/60: 4.8
Turnovers won/60: 18.9
Turnovers lost/60: 18.9

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

58 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
L Circle	0%	13%
Center Point	21%	9%
R Point	17%	6%
Low Slot	12%	23%
Outside R	10%	4%
Outside L	0%	4%
L Net Side	0%	3%

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
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	RW	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

Season

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