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Rickard Rakell's 2021-2022 season

Points
41
Swedish flag#19NHL#185
Goals
20
Swedish flag#12NHL#127
Assists
21
Swedish flag#30NHL#237
Plus/minus
0
NHL#370
Games
70
83%
83% of 84

Right winger Rickard Rakell was 28 years old when the 2021-2022 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Anaheim Ducks och Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 70 of a possible 84 games and scored 20 goals and 21 assists for 41 points, 0.59 points per game. That was 19th among the Swedes and 185th in the NHL. An injury kept him out for 10 straight games between October and November. He moved from Anaheim Ducks to Pittsburgh Penguins in March. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2021-2022Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rickard Rakell opens the 2021-2022 season with Anaheim Ducks

    ANAAnaheim Ducks

    Rickard was 28 years old when the 2021-2022 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WPG1–4ANA
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:34TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Rickard Rakell reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Winnipeg Jets · October 13

    • The game
      MIN2–1ANA
      L
      game 2/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–2CGY
      W
      game 3/827
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG19:45TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–6EDM
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–5WPG
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-9SOG17:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4MIN
      L
      game 6/826
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP23:46TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WPG4–3ANA
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–3ANA
      L
      game 8/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:31TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    Rickard goes down and misses 10 games

    Upper body injury

    • The game
      ANA4–5VGK
      L
      game 9/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4ANA
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • November 2021
    • The game
      NJD0–4ANA
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI1–3ANA
      W
      game 12/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–4ANA
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–2VAN
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA7–4SEA
      W
      game 15/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–5ANA
      W
      game 16/826
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3ANA
      W
      game 17/825
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–1ANA
      L
      game 18/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3NSH
      L
      game 19/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG18:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–5COL
      L
      game 20/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP16:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT0–4ANA
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG17:28TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8211 of 21 played
      8
      points
      Swedish flag#29NHL#228
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#72
      2
      assists
      Swedish flag#46NHL#422
      ANA
      11-7-3W-L-OT25Points
      3rd in the Pacific·4th in the Western Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR5–1ANA
      L
      game 22/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG16:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–4LAK
      W
      game 23/829
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:25TOI
      View the game
    • December 2021
    • The game
      VGK5–6ANA
      W
      game 24/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG17:24TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–3ANA
      L
      game 25/827
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG21:50TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4WSH
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG23:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–0BUF
      W
      game 27/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:44TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–1CBJ
      W
      game 28/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA0–1PIT
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–2STL
      W
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SEA1–4ANA
      W
      game 31/827
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ARI6–5ANA
      L
      game 32/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG21:32TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–1ANA
      L
      game 33/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–3VGK
      L
      game 34/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–4COL
      L
      game 35/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4ANA
      W
      game 36/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:16TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–1ANA
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–4ANA
      W
      game 38/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP18:22TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1ANA
      L
      game 39/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG17:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–7MIN
      L
      game 40/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG22:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA0–3CHI
      L
      game 41/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:36TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8231 of 41 played
      16
      points
      Swedish flag#25NHL#214
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#14NHL#131
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#34NHL#271
      ANA
      19-15-7W-L-OT45Points
      3rd in the Pacific·7th in the Western Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL2–0ANA
      L
      game 42/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG20:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–5ANA
      W
      game 43/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–3BOS
      W
      game 44/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG18:17TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4TOR
      L
      game 45/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–4MTL
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG18:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–1OTT
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG16:53TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–2DET
      L
      game 48/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:00TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 2022
    • The game
      SEA4–3ANA
      L
      game 49/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP13:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–6CGY
      L
      game 50/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–7EDM
      L
      game 51/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG16:03TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA7–4VAN
      W
      game 52/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP15:57TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–4ANA
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG16:13TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–1ANA
      L
      game 54/827
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–0ANA
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:30TOI
      View the game
    • March 2022
    • The game
      BOS3–4ANA
      W
      game 56/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP15:31TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VGK5–4ANA
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:42TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–3ANA
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG21:27TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–8CHI
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–4NSH
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG19:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–2NJD
      L
      game 61/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:18TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    Rickard goes down and misses 4 games

    Upper body injury

    • The game
      ANA3–4NYI
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8251 of 62 played
      28
      points
      Swedish flag#18NHL#193
      16
      goals
      Swedish flag#13NHL#102
      12
      assists
      Swedish flag#40NHL#310
      ANA
      27-25-10W-L-OT64Points
      4 out of a spot
      6th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA3–4NYR
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–0ANA
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
  2. Trade

    Rickard Rakell is traded from Anaheim Ducks to Pittsburgh Penguins

    ANAAnaheim DucksPITPittsburgh Penguins

    Here he joins fellow Swede Marcus Pettersson.

    His spell with Anaheim Ducks · 2012–13 to 2021–22
    550
    Games
    154
    Goals
    185
    Assists
    339
    Points
    Pittsburgh Penguins received
    Anaheim Ducks received
    The full trade
    • The game
      NSH6–3ANA
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ1–5PIT
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4BUF
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–5NYR
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–11PIT
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP14:15TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2PIT
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG17:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–3MIN
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG15:46TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • April 2022
    • The game
      PIT2–3COL
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      COL6–4PIT
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–3NYR
      L
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3PIT
      L
      game 73/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG11:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–3PIT
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG17:25TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–5NYI
      L
      game 75/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG23:11TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–6PIT
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG19:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2BOS
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–4PIT
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG19:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–2DET
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG18:57TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4PHI
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–1PIT
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ3–5PIT
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG14:22TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Rickard Rakell closes the 2021-2022 season with 41 points

    ANAAnaheim DucksPITPittsburgh Penguins
    Points
    41
    #19NHL#185
    Games
    70of 82
    85%
    Goals
    20
    #12NHL#127
    Assists
    21
    #30NHL#237
    P/GP
    0.59
    #21NHL#189
    +/-
    0
    #41NHL#370
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    4×
    First star
    1×
    Second star
    6×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet New York Rangers

    PITvsNYR
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT4–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG04:28TOI
      View the game
    Injured

    Rickard goes down and misses 5 games

    Upper body injury

    • Game 2
      PIT2–5NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR4–7PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR2–7PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      PIT3–5NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      NYR5–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      Out injured
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare3–3withNew York Rangers
    • Game 7
      PIT3–4NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG14:24TOI
      View the game
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–3

    PIT3–4NYR
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Rickard Rakell ends the 2021-2022 playoffs with 0 points

    ANAAnaheim DucksPITPittsburgh Penguins
    Points
    0
    #27NHL#270
    Games
    2
    Goals
    0
    #20NHL#190
    Assists
    0
    #25NHL#249
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    #15NHL#123
    NYR3–4