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Rasmus Andersson

#4 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Oct 27, 1996 in Malmo, SWE (age 29) · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 53rd overall in 2015 by CGY (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dakota Mermis ARI · 0 P in 9 GP Chris Butler STL · 0 P in 6 GP Frank Corrado PIT · 0 P in 5 GP Joel Hanley ARI · 0 P in 5 GP Mark Alt COL · 0 P in 15 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

010203040502016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 19 points1918-192019-20: 22 points2219-202020-21: 21 points2120-212021-22: 50 points5021-222022-23: 49 points4922-232023-24: 39 points3923-242024-25: 31 points3124-252025-26: 47 points4725-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 CGY 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0.00 $787K
2017-18 CGY 10 0 0 0 -1 4 8 2 0.00 $756K
2018-19 CGY 79 2 17 19 17 23 115 52 0.24 $756K
2019-20 CGY 70 5 17 22 -7 57 124 51 0.31 $756K
2020-21 CGY 56 5 16 21 -9 34 96 49 0.38 $4.55M
2021-22 CGY 82 4 46 50 30 28 152 63 0.61 $4.55M
2022-23 CGY 79 11 38 49 5 26 159 50 0.62 $4.55M
2023-24 CGY 78 9 30 39 -11 47 159 42 0.50 $4.55M
2024-25 CGY 81 11 20 31 -38 60 163 36 0.38 $4.55M
2025-26 CGY 48 10 20 30 3 53 112 29 0.63 $4.55M
2025-26 VGK 33 7 10 17 1 18 66 8 0.52
2026-27 VGK 5 0 1 1 -6 6 8 1 0.20 $8.5M
11 seasons Career 622 64 215 279 -17 356 1162 387 0.45

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 CGY 5 1 2 3 -1 2 13 4 0.60
2019-20 CGY 10 3 2 5 4 6 15 13 0.50
2021-22 CGY 12 3 3 6 -10 23 23 13 0.50
2025-26 VGK 22 0 6 6 2 18 34 7 0.27
4 seasons Playoffs 49 7 13 20 -5 49 85 37 0.41

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 0 0 -1 4 8 2 0.00 0.0 15:26

Contract

$756KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Sep 14, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $756K $650K $93K $183K $743K
2018-19 $756K $750K $0 $83K $750K
2019-20 $756K $775K $0 $58K $775K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2026 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2026-27 to 2032-33 7 $59.5M $8.5M
Jan 8, 2020 Calgary Flames Extension 2020-21 to 2025-26 6 $27.3M $4.55M
Sep 14, 2015 Calgary Flames Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $2.775M $756K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2017-18 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-0.6Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-50510152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

54.2Corsi for %137 attempts for, 116 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.3Expected goals for %6.3 expected for, 5.3 against
-4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.5Goals for %5 for, 6 against
97.0PDO6.5% shooting + 90.5% saves
18Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brett Kulak · Rasmus Andersson857:2051.449.22-2
Matt Bartkowski · Rasmus Andersson449:1954.150.02-2
Michael Stone · Rasmus Andersson513:5551.568.10-1
Mark Giordano · Rasmus Andersson68:2164.764.20-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 1.9% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 vs VGK W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:28
Apr 5, 2018 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:48
Apr 3, 2018 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:06
Mar 31, 2018 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:55
Mar 29, 2018 vs CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 18:53
Mar 26, 2018 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:25
Mar 24, 2018 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:26
Mar 21, 2018 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:54
Mar 19, 2018 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:32
Nov 9, 2017 vs DET W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:56