Rasmus Ristolainen Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Nick Seeler

The pairing with Seeler is the one that costs him: 43.2% of the expected goals together, 55.0% apart.

181 minutes together, 585 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Grundstrom is a different player beside him: 52.8% of the expected goals with Ristolainen, 46.2% without him.

138 minutes together, 375 minutes apart for Grundstrom

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Seeler does better away from him: 50.4% of the expected goals apart against 43.2% together.

181 minutes together, 1,036 minutes apart

Trevor Zegras is the partner who brings the best out of him

Ristolainen is at his best beside Zegras: 55.6% of the expected goals together against 50.2% apart.

220 minutes together, 547 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

8 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Ristolainen than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Travis Konecny are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Ristolainen and Konecny: 4.77 expected goals an hour.

227 minutes together at 5v5

Travis Sanheim is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Sanheim than anyone: 488 minutes, worth 53.4% of the expected goals.

23 goals for, 20 against together

The goals go his team's way when Matvei Michkov is out there with him

With Michkov on the ice too, the Flyers have outscored opponents 8 to 5 at 5v5.

61.5% goal share over 154 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Denver Barkey are out together

He gives up least beside Barkey: 3.0 expected goals against an hour.

134 minutes together at 5v5

Nick Seeler is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Seeler: 7.14 expected goals against an hour.

43 minutes together short-handed

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Ristolainen with Dvorak, Konecny, Martone and Sanheim, 37 minutes at 5v5.

58.3% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 0 against

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Bump, Dvorak, Konecny and Sanheim: 35.8% of the expected goals.

2 goals for, 2 against over 35 minutes

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Dvorak, Konecny, Martone and Sanheim: 58.3% of the expected goals over 37 minutes.

4 goals for, 0 against, 60.6% of the attempts

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Ristolainen has been shuffled through 31 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Ristolainen this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Travis Konecny is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Travis Konecny's goals, 30.8% of his own assists.

2 primary, 2 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

30.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

4 primary of 13 assists

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.77 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

21st of 246 defencemen

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 8.18 expected goals an hour.

9 goals against in 73 minutes, 23rd of 156 defencemen

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 11.41 expected goals an hour.

4 goals in 59 minutes, 14th of 85 defencemen

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 52.69 shot attempts an hour with Ristolainen on the ice at 5v5.

43rd of 246 defencemen

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Flyers are up 5 goals with Ristolainen on the ice.

46 for, 41 against, 50th of 245 defencemen

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.9, close to neutral.

10.4% shooting and 90.5% goaltending behind him, 88th of 246 defencemen

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Flyers generate 51.9% of the expected goals with Ristolainen on the ice.

52.1 xGF to 48.2 xGA over 766 minutes, 69th of 246 defencemen

The offence goes quiet when he steps on the ice

The Flyers create 4.08 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Ristolainen on.

168th of 246 defencemen

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Flyers score 52.5% of the 5v5 goals with Ristolainen out there.

31 for, 28 against, 79th of 246 defencemen

His side chases the puck while he is out there

Ristolainen's line owns 48.1% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

623 for, 673 against, 150th of 246 defencemen

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

50.3% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Ristolainen is on.

299 for, 295 against, 98th of 246 defencemen

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Ristolainen plays 21:23 a night, 67th among defencemen.

941 minutes across 44 games

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:40 of power play time a game, 57th among defencemen.

6.2% of his total ice time

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:52 of penalty kill time a game, 95th among defencemen.

7.8% of his total ice time

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

108th in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +10 on the season.

128th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 7.1% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

1 of 14 points with the man advantage

He gives the puck away more than he should

12 takeaways against 39 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.31 takeaways per giveaway

He throws himself in front of pucks more than almost anyone

He blocks 4.02 shots an hour of ice time.

225th in the league

He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 3.76 shots on goal an hour.

676th in the league

The goals have dried up for him this season

He scores 0.06 goals an hour of ice time.

739th in the league

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.49 times an hour.

649th most giveaways an hour

The points are not coming for him this season

Ristolainen produces 0.89 points an hour of ice time.

630th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.02 penalty minutes an hour.

615th most penalty minutes an hour

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.77 times an hour.

549th in the league

He plays about as physical a game as anyone

He finishes 3.06 checks an hour.

544th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.83 assists an hour of ice time.

454th in the league

His power play production is about league average

On the power play he produces 0.06 points an hour.

416th in the league

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

31.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

45 of 142 attempts, 13th of 241 defencemen

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

31.7% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

45 attempts from inside the home plate, 13th of 241 defencemen

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 38.1 feet.

142 located attempts, 27th of 241 defencemen

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

28.9% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

41 attempts, 1 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

52.8% of his attempts come from the right side.

17 left, 50 middle, 75 right

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

43.0% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

61 long-range attempts, 72nd of 241 defencemen

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Ristolainen has taken 142 shot attempts this season.

57 on goal, 34 missed, 50 blocked, 158th of 241 defencemen

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

35.2% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

50 of 142 attempts, 91st of 241 defencemen

He hits the net about as often as anyone

63.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

58 of 92 unblocked, 130th of 241 defencemen

He shoots about as often as anyone else

He fires 9.05 attempts an hour of ice time.

142 attempts in 941 minutes, 121st of 245 defencemen

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Igor Shesterkin has turned him away every time: 8 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Igor Shesterkin: 8 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

One opponent goes out of his way to run him

Brandon Duhaime has hit him 4 times, more than any other opponent.

hits absorbed, from play-by-play

The chances in tight are not going in for him

From inside 25 feet he buries 0.0% of his attempts.

0 goals on 45 close attempts, 144th of 221 defencemen

He is not converting the chances he gets

Ristolainen has 1 goals off 5.5 expected: 4.5 short of what the chances say.

213th of 241 defencemen

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 1.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

1 goals on 58 shots, 206th of 241 defencemen

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