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Status: Pro 100%
Age / YOB: 32 (1994)
Contract: $5,000,000 × 3yr NTC
Expires: UFA 2029 · age 35
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Free Agent · Aug 2026
Drafted: 2013 Rd 1 (#17) BUF
Vitals: 6'4" · 208 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men

CK 76 64th

FG 44 42nd

DI 88 69th

SK 74 40th

ST 78 67th

EN 83 77th

DU 64 23rd

PH 72 80th

FO 25 98th

PA 64 74th

SC 47 30th

DF 87 65th

PS 75 99th

EX 81 86th

LD 81 77th

OV 72 67th

Contract

Cap hit $5,000,000 4.8% of cap

Year 1 of 3

2026-27

2028-29

Expiry Status

UFA

2029 age 35

Clauses NTC

Stats

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2015-16	BUF	73	4	12	16	0.22	+15	16	0	1	0	57	7.0%	34
2016-17	BUF	76	17	55	72	0.95	+33	113	5	9	0	167	10.2%	149
2017-18	BUF	75	7	44	51	0.68	+8	75	2	2	1	120	5.8%	147
2018-19	BUF	81	17	57	74	0.91	+23	84	4	12	0	138	12.3%	193
2019-20	BUF	82	18	54	72	0.88	+24	90	4	8	1	114	15.8%	204
2020-21	BUF	82	7	28	35	0.43	+11	138	1	2	0	90	7.8%	231
2021-22	BUF	82	12	47	59	0.72	+17	117	1	4	0	136	8.8%	226
2022-23	BUF	75	8	31	39	0.52	+24	100	1	2	0	116	6.9%	203
2023-24	BUF	68	5	30	35	0.51	+15	77	1	0	0	103	4.9%	142
2024-25	PHL	79	7	25	32	0.41	-8	91	1	1	0	73	9.6%	150
2025-26	PHL / MIN	80	7	27	34	0.43	-5	84	1	2	0	98	7.1%	143
CAREER	11 yrs	853	109	410	519	0.61	+157	985	21	43	2	--	9.0%	1822

OTHL Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2015-16	BUF	6	0	1	1	0.17	+3	2	0	0	0	7	0.0%	12
2016-17	BUF	16	5	13	18	1.13	-3	10	1	3	0	27	18.5%	34
2017-18	BUF	17	4	7	11	0.65	+1	14	0	0	0	31	12.9%	47
2018-19	BUF	6	1	2	3	0.50	-3	22	0	1	0	11	9.1%	20
2019-20	BUF	23	3	15	18	0.78	+6	28	0	1	0	46	6.5%	63
2020-21	BUF	3	0	2	2	0.67	-3	4	0	0	0	4	0.0%	12
2021-22	BUF	7	1	4	5	0.71	+1	14	0	1	0	14	7.1%	19
2022-23	BUF	7	2	3	5	0.71	0	18	0	1	0	19	10.5%	24
2023-24	BUF	22	6	11	17	0.77	+6	20	1	4	0	39	15.4%	44
2025-26	MIN	6	0	0	0	0.00	-2	6	0	0	0	5	0.0%	8
CAREER	10 app.	113	22	58	80	0.71	+6	138	2	11	0	--	10.8%	283

2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S	TOI
2025-26	PHI	44	1	13	14	10	16	0	0	1	58	21:23
On Pace	-	82	2	24	26	19	30	0	0	2	108	-

NHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2013-14	BUF	34	2	2	4	0.12	-15	6	0	0	0	3.8%	19:07
2014-15	BUF	78	8	12	20	0.26	-32	26	0	4	9	6.6%	20:37
2015-16	BUF	82	9	32	41	0.50	-21	33	1	4	21	4.5%	25:17
2016-17	BUF	79	6	39	45	0.57	-9	58	2	1	25	3.2%	26:28
2017-18	BUF	73	6	35	41	0.56	-25	48	1	1	23	3.3%	26:30
2018-19	BUF	78	5	38	43	0.55	-41	38	2	1	17	2.7%	24:38
2019-20	BUF	69	6	27	33	0.48	-2	46	0	2	9	4.7%	22:48
2020-21	BUF	49	4	14	18	0.37	-18	36	0	1	7	5.5%	22:17
2021-22	PHL	66	2	14	16	0.24	-9	38	0	0	1	2.1%	21:26
2022-23	PHL	74	3	17	20	0.27	-4	32	0	1	5	3.5%	19:01
2023-24	PHL	31	1	3	4	0.13	-6	8	0	0	0	2.2%	16:41
2024-25	PHL	63	4	15	19	0.30	3	14	2	0	3	4.0%	20:31
2025-26	PHL	44	1	13	14	0.32	10	16	0	0	1	1.7%	21:23
Career	NHL	820	57	261	318	0.39	-169	399	8	15	121	3.8%	-

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2019-20 BUF

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2015-16	21	D	BUF	66	41	85	67	84	81	78	55	30	56	58	76	52	55	50	66
2016-17	22	D	BUF	82	56	87	83	82	89	97	84	25	71	54	90	25	62	62	77
2017-18	23	D	BUF	90	47	79	88	81	96	98	81	25	74	49	92	75	65	65	78
2018-19	24	D	BUF	93	61	81	88	82	97	93	91	25	74	49	83	75	67	67	78
2019-20	25	D	BUF	95	47	85	86	81	91	93	81	25	74	48	85	75	67	67	77
2020-21	26	D	BUF	94	47	81	86	81	86	91	76	25	68	50	83	75	69	69	75
2021-22	27	D	BUF	99	48	79	86	83	85	88	73	25	63	49	88	75	71	71	76
2022-23	28	D	BUF	99	48	83	86	83	83	83	64	25	55	48	86	75	72	72	74
2023-24	29	D	BUF	87	46	87	86	83	78	87	65	25	57	48	88	75	75	75	74
2024-25	30	D	PHL	85	46	89	84	83	74	78	65	25	53	48	82	75	75	75	71
2025-26	31	D	MIN	80	45	92	81	78	81	80	69	25	58	48	87	75	79	79	73
2026-27	32	D	MTL	76	44	88	74	78	83	64	72	25	64	47	87	75	81	81	72

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2015-16	21	D	BUF	66	41	85	67	84	81	78	55	30	56	58	76	52	55	50	66
2016-17	22	D	BUF	+16	+15	+2	+16	−2	+8	+19	+29	−5	+15	−4	+14	−27	+7	+12	+11
2017-18	23	D	BUF	+8	−9	−8	+5	−1	+7	+1	−3	·	+3	−5	+2	+50	+3	+3	+1
2018-19	24	D	BUF	+3	+14	+2	·	+1	+1	−5	+10	·	·	·	−9	·	+2	+2	·
2019-20	25	D	BUF	+2	−14	+4	−2	−1	−6	·	−10	·	·	−1	+2	·	·	·	−1
2020-21	26	D	BUF	−1	·	−4	·	·	−5	−2	−5	·	−6	+2	−2	·	+2	+2	−2
2021-22	27	D	BUF	+5	+1	−2	·	+2	−1	−3	−3	·	−5	−1	+5	·	+2	+2	+1
2022-23	28	D	BUF	·	·	+4	·	·	−2	−5	−9	·	−8	−1	−2	·	+1	+1	−2
2023-24	29	D	BUF	−12	−2	+4	·	·	−5	+4	+1	·	+2	·	+2	·	+3	+3	·
2024-25	30	D	PHL	−2	·	+2	−2	·	−4	−9	·	·	−4	·	−6	·	·	·	−3
2025-26	31	D	MIN	−5	−1	+3	−3	−5	+7	+2	+4	·	+5	·	+5	·	+4	+4	+2
2026-27	32	D	MTL	−4	−1	−4	−7	·	+2	−16	+3	·	+6	−1	·	·	+2	+2	−1

Starting	Team	Salary	Length	Cap %	Age	Status
2015-16	BUF	$1,775,000	3 yr	2.5%	21	ELC	Rookie
2018-19	BUF	$5,700,000	3 yr	7.2%	24	RFA
2021-22	BUF	$5,750,000	5 yr	7.1%	27	RFA
2026-27	MTL	$5,000,000	3 yr	4.8%	32	UFA	CURRENT

2024-25

Aug 8 2024

2024-25

to FLYERS

Rasmus Ristolainen 71

to SABRES

MIN 2025 4th

2025-26

Jan 28 2026

2025-26

to WILD

Rasmus Ristolainen 73

to FLYERS

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