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2020-21 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #55 RASMUS RISTOLAINEN Buffalo Sabres · Defense
EX-MT Season grade
6
Card #2021-08477499
Rasmus Ristolainen in action
55 D Defense
70 OVR
Rasmus Ristolainen Buffalo Sabres
2020-21 · 49 GP · 4 G · 14 A · 18 PTS
2021-22
2019-20

Season Report

6 Excellent–Mint 6

Game Score 0.31 a game, 57th percentile of the league's defense that season.

GP
49
G
4
A
14
P
18
+/-
-18
PIM
36
PPP
7
SHP
0
GWG
0
S
73
TOI
22:17
HIT
193
BLK
68
TK
12
FO%
—

2020-21 ranks

  • 5th Points on the Sabres
  • 5th Assists on the Sabres
  • 4th Hits of 913 in the NHL

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2020-21. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 74

Goals / 60
0.22

61st percentile of defense

Shots / 60
4.01

39th percentile of defense

Playmaking 78

Points / 60
0.99

59th percentile of defense

Assists / 60
0.77

57th percentile of defense

PP Points / GP
0.14

81st percentile of defense

Defensive Awareness 51

Corsi For %
43.4%

7th percentile of defense

Takeaways / 60
0.66

34th percentile of defense

Physicality 93

Hits / 60
10.60

96th percentile of defense

Blocks / 60
3.74

43rd percentile of defense

PIM / 60
1.98

74th percentile of defense

Connections

Every 2020-21 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 79OVR Jack Eichel Sabres 3 of his goals L 83OVR Taylor Hall Bruins 1 of his goals L 76OVR Victor Olofsson Sabres 1 of his goals C 81OVR Sam Reinhart Sabres 1 of his goals

Set up most

C 81OVR Sam Reinhart Sabres Set up 2 goals C 70OVR Tage Thompson Sabres Set up 2 goals C 74OVR Casey Mittelstadt Sabres Set up 2 goals C 47OVR Eric Staal Canadiens Set up 1 goal
Scored on most
Eric Comrie 1 goal Vitek Vanecek 1 goal Ilya Sorokin 1 goal
Best game
January 31, 2021 vs NJD: 1G · 1A

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2020-21, from the play-by-play.

Hit most

R 76OVR Jakub Voracek Flyers Hit him 6 times C 59OVR Nic Dowd Capitals Hit him 5 times L 83OVR Taylor Hall Bruins Hit him 5 times L 65OVR Zachary Aston-Reese Penguins Hit him 5 times

Hit most by

L 90OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals Hit by him 4 times R 58OVR Nicolas Aube-Kubel Flyers Hit by him 4 times C 99OVR Patrice Bergeron Bruins Hit by him 3 times L 95OVR James van Riemsdyk Flyers Hit by him 3 times

2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

15-34-7 · 37 points · 31st of 31

Top teammates

D 86OVR Colin Miller Sabres 48 GP · 4 G · 8 A · 12 PTS C 81OVR Sam Reinhart Sabres 54 GP · 25 G · 15 A · 40 PTS G 80OVR Linus Ullmark Sabres 20 GP · 9 W · .917 SV% · 2.63 GAA D 79OVR Rasmus Dahlin Sabres 56 GP · 5 G · 18 A · 23 PTS C 79OVR Jack Eichel Sabres 21 GP · 2 G · 16 A · 18 PTS L 76OVR Victor Olofsson Sabres 56 GP · 13 G · 19 A · 32 PTS