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Rasmus Ristolainen's 2020-2021 season

Points
18
NHL#285
Goals
4
NHL#386
Assists
14
NHL#208
Plus/minus
-18
NHL#896
Games
49
87%
87% of 56

Defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen was 25 years old when the 2020-2021 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 49 of a possible 56 games and scored 4 goals and 14 assists for 18 points, 0.37 points per game. The season was cut to 56 games by the pandemic. Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2020-2021
  1. Season opener

    Rasmus Ristolainen plays the 2020-2021 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Rasmus was 26 years old when the 2020-2021 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH6–4BUF
      L
      game 1/564
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:22TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1BUF
      L
      game 2/565
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG20:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF6–1PHI
      W
      game 3/565
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:43TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      L
      game 4/567
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:51TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      L
      game 5/565
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG26:39TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–3WSH
      W
      game 6/565
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP24:13TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 7/564
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP23:20TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Rasmus Ristolainen reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against New York Rangers · January 26

    • The game
      NYR3–2BUF
      L
      game 8/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:41TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–4BUF
      W
      game 9/565
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:50TOI
    • The game
      NJD5–3BUF
      L
      game 10/565
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP28:11TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 14 of 5610 of 14 played
      6
      points
      NHL#245
      2
      goals
      NHL#226
      4
      assists
      NHL#211
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#70
      BUF
      5-7-2W-L-OT12Points
      8th in the East·30th in the whole NHL
    • February 2021
    • The game
      PHI3–0BUF
      L
      game 18/565
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:18TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–0BUF
      L
      game 19/565
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:01TOI
    • March 2021
    • The game
      BUF2–3NYR
      L
      game 20/563
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG24:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–5NYI
      L
      game 21/563
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-3SOG18:54TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–5NYI
      L
      game 22/562
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:04TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5NYI
      L
      game 23/563
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG18:52TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5PHI
      L
      game 24/566
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:51TOI
    • The game
      PIT5–2BUF
      L
      game 25/564
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG23:01TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–0BUF
      L
      game 26/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:06TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–0BUF
      L
      game 27/565
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:42TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      L
      game 28/565
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:07TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 28 of 5621 of 28 played
      8
      points
      NHL#327
      3
      goals
      NHL#270
      5
      assists
      NHL#308
      -12
      +/-
      NHL#269
      BUF
      6-18-4W-L-OT16Points
      8th in the East·31st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–1BUF
      L
      game 29/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:42TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–5NYR
      L
      game 30/564
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG24:44TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5PIT
      L
      game 31/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:06TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–4PIT
      L
      game 32/563
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG22:03TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3BOS
      L
      game 33/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:17TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–3BUF
      L
      game 34/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:24TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–6BUF
      W
      game 35/564
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-4SOG22:29TOI
      +2 assists
    • April 2021
    • The game
      NYR3–2BUF
      L
      game 36/564
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:57TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 37/565
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG26:47TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–3NJD
      W
      game 38/566
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG24:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD6–3BUF
      L
      game 39/567
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:34TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–3BUF
      L
      game 40/565
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG23:42TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF5–3PHI
      W
      game 41/566
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG24:46TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3BOS
      L
      game 42/564
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG25:13TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 42 of 5635 of 42 played
      13
      points
      NHL#298
      4
      goals
      NHL#309
      9
      assists
      NHL#261
      -10
      +/-
      NHL#273
      BUF
      10-25-7W-L-OT27Points
      8th in the East·31st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF5–2WSH
      W
      game 43/565
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG22:14TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–2BUF
      L
      game 44/564
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP20:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–4BUF
      W
      game 45/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–0BUF
      L
      game 46/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:03TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–1BUF
      L
      game 47/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG17:45TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–6BUF
      W
      game 48/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:22TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–6NYR
      L
      game 49/564
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:32TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–3NYR
      L
      game 50/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:06TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5BOS
      L
      game 51/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:46TOI
    • May 2021
    • The game
      BUF2–6BOS
      L
      game 52/563
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:59TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4BUF
      W
      game 53/563
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP20:04TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI3–4BUF
      W
      game 54/563
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG26:37TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–8PIT
      L
      game 55/564
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP21:36TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF0–1PIT
      L
      game 56/564
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:21TOI
    The season in numbers

    Rasmus Ristolainen closes the 2020-2021 season with 18 points

    Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    18
    NHL#285
    Games
    49of 56
    88%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#386
    Assists
    14
    NHL#208
    P/GP
    0.37
    NHL#325
    +/-
    -18
    NHL#896
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    1×
    First star
    3×
    Third star