Rasmus Ristolainen
Player profile and career history
D · #55 · Philadelphia Flyers
Rasmus Ristolainen is a defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers. Born October 27, 1994 in Turku, Finland, he stands 6'4", weighs 208 lbs and shoots right. He was drafted in 2013 (round 1, 8th overall) by the Buffalo Sabres. In 824 NHL regular-season games he has 58 goals and 261 assists for 319 points. This season: 1 goals and 0 assists in 4 games.
NHL regular-season career
- Games
- 824
- Goals
- 58
- Assists
- 261
- Points
- 319
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 261
- Avg Toi
- 22:33
- Faceoff Winning Pctg
- 0.5
- Game Winning Goals
- 8
- Games Played
- 824
- Goals
- 58
- Ot Goals
- 5
- Pim
- 399
- Plus Minus
- -170
- Points
- 319
- Power Play Goals
- 15
- Power Play Points
- 121
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0382
- Shorthanded Goals
- 1
- Shorthanded Points
- 7
- Shots
- 1518
NHL playoff career
- Games
- 10
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 4
- Points
- 5
All supplied career statistics
- Assists
- 4
- Avg Toi
- 25:00
- Game Winning Goals
- 0
- Games Played
- 10
- Goals
- 1
- Ot Goals
- 0
- Pim
- 20
- Plus Minus
- 1
- Points
- 5
- Power Play Goals
- 0
- Power Play Points
- 0
- Shooting Pctg
- 0.0555
- Shorthanded Goals
- 0
- Shorthanded Points
- 0
- Shots
- 18
NHL career scoring rates
- Goals / game
- 0.07
- Assists / game
- 0.32
- Points / game
- 0.39
- Shots / game
- 1.84
Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.
NHL season record highs
Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.
- Goals
- 9 2015–16 · Buffalo Sabres
- Assists
- 39 2016–17 · Buffalo Sabres
- Points
- 45 2016–17 · Buffalo Sabres
- Shots
- 202 2015–16 · Buffalo Sabres
Teams & leagues through the years
Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.
2026–27
2025–26
Philadelphia FlyersNHL- FinlandOG
2024–25
2023–24
2022–23
2021–22
2020–21
2019–20
2018–19
2017–18
2016–17
Buffalo SabresNHL- FinlandWCup
2015–16
2014–15
- FinlandEHT
- Buffalo SabresNHL
2013–14
- RochesterAHL
- Buffalo SabresNHL
- FinlandWJC-A
2012–13
- TPS Jr.Fin-Jr.
- TPSFinland
2011–12
- TPS Jr.Fin-Jr.
- TPSFinland
2010–11
- TPS Jr.Fin-Jr.
- TPS U18Fin-U18
- TPSFinland
2009–10
- Tps Jr.Fin-Jr.
- TPS U18Fin-U18
2008–09
- TPS U16Jr. C SM-sarja Q
- TPS U16U16 SM-sarja
Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.
Season-by-season history
All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.
Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.
| Season | League | Team | Type | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/− | Shots | PPG | PPP | SHG | SHP | GWG | OTG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | NHL |  Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2025–26 | NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 44 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2025–26 | OG | Finland | Regular | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2025–26 | NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | Playoffs | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2024–25 | NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 63 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | All stats
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| 2023–24 | NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2022–23 | NHL |  Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 74 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 32 | -4 | 86 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2021–22 | NHL | Philadelphia Flyers | Regular | 66 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 38 | -9 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2020–21 | NHL |  Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 49 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 36 | -18 | 73 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2019–20 | NHL |  Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 69 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 46 | -2 | 128 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2018–19 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 78 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 38 | -41 | 182 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | All stats
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| 2017–18 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 73 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 48 | -25 | 182 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | All stats
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| 2016–17 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 79 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 58 | -9 | 186 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | All stats
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| 2016–17 | WCup | Finland | Regular | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2015–16 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 82 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 33 | -21 | 202 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | All stats
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| 2014–15 | EHT | Finland | Regular | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2014–15 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 78 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 26 | -32 | 121 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2013–14 | AHL | Rochester | Regular | 34 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 66 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 0 | — | All stats
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| 2013–14 | NHL | Buffalo Sabres | Regular | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -15 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | All stats
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| 2013–14 | WJC-A | Finland | Regular | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 1 | — | All stats
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| 2013–14 | AHL | Rochester | Playoffs | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | All stats
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| 2012–13 | Finland | TPS | Regular | 52 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2012–13 | Fin-Jr. | TPS Jr. | Playoffs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2011–12 | Fin-Jr. | TPS Jr. | Regular | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2011–12 | Finland | TPS | Regular | 40 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2011–12 | Finland | TPS | Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2010–11 | Fin-Jr. | TPS Jr. | Regular | 27 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2010–11 | Fin-U18 | TPS U18 | Regular | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2010–11 | Finland | TPS | Regular | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2010–11 | Fin-U18 | TPS U18 | Playoffs | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2009–10 | Fin-Jr. | Tps Jr. | Regular | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2009–10 | Fin-U18 | TPS U18 | Regular | 32 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2009–10 | Fin-U18 | TPS U18 | Playoffs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2008–09 | Jr. C SM-sarja Q | TPS U16 | Regular | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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| 2008–09 | U16 SM-sarja | TPS U16 | Playoffs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All stats
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NHL game-by-game archive
4 imported games.
| Date | Team | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Shots | +/− | TOI | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | PHI | vs ANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:34 | All stats
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| 2026-10-03 | PHI | vs CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 | All stats
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| 2026-10-01 | PHI | at NJD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22:44 | All stats
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| 2026-09-30 | PHI | vs PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:40 | All stats
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NHL source coverage only; missing records are not zero-stat appearances. Historical team abbreviations are retained.
Recent NHL games
| Date | Opponent | Goals | Assists | Points | Time on ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | ANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 2026-10-03 | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 2026-10-01 | NJD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 2026-09-30 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
Profile updated Nov 8, 6:40 pm EST. Missing stats are shown as –.