2013 NHL Draft
Rasmus Ristolainen in the 2013 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Rasmus Ristolainen 8th overall in the 2013 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 11 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2013, 106 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 6 of them have played more games than his 826.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 2013 draft
- 5Elias LindholmC989 GP · 669 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 6Sean MonahanC913 GP · 638 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Darnell NurseD819 GP · 327 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 8Rasmus RistolainenD826 GP · 320 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 9Bo HorvatC900 GP · 638 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 10Valeri NichushkinR645 GP · 367 PDALDallas Stars
- 11Samuel MorinL29 GP · 1 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2013 class
2nd
of 11 Finns selected
3rd
of 69 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Aleksander BarkovC806 GP · 782 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Rasmus RistolainenD826 GP · 320 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 55Artturi LehkonenL681 GP · 357 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Juuse SarosG481 GP · 237 WNSHNashville Predators
- 125Saku MaenalanenR98 GP · 18 PNSHNashville Predators
- 154Henri IkonenLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 173Santeri SaariDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 177Miro AaltonenCANAAnaheim Ducks
- 182Aleksi MakelaDDALDallas Stars
- 184Saku SalminenCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rasmus Ristolainen made his NHL debut on October 2, 2013, 94 days after the draft.
826
Games
58
Goals
262
Assists
320
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2013 draft
- 8Rasmus RistolainenD826 GP · 320 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 16Nikita ZadorovD823 GP · 197 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35J.T. CompherL672 GP · 309 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Connor HurleyCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 52Justin BaileyR141 GP · 23 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Nick BaptisteR47 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 129Cal PetersenG106 GP · 46 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 130Gustav PosslerRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 143Anthony FlorentinoDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 159Sean MaloneC2 GP · 1 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 189Eric LockeCBUFBuffalo Sabres