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Rasmus Sandin

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	5 years ($4.6M CapHit)
Height	5'11"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	189	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age (DOB)	26 (Mar 7, 2000)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2018, Round 1, Overall 29 (TOR)

News and Opinions

Maple Leafs News and Rumours: Liljegren, Sandin, Treliving’s Blame, Rielly & Nurse Trade at The Hockey Writers (Thu May 21, 2026)
Rasmus Sandin’s Knee Injury Expected To Alter Capitals’ 2026 Offseason Plans at The Hockey Writers (Thu Apr 23, 2026)
Rasmus Sandin undergoes surgery to repair ACL tear in right knee, will be out 6 to 9 months at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Apr 22, 2026)
Sandin Injury Ups the Ante for Washington's Summer Plans at Stars and Sticks (Tue Apr 21, 2026)
Rasmus Sandin’s knee injury will cause him to miss start of next season and impact the Capitals’ offseason plans at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Apr 20, 2026)
Rasmus Sandin potentially suffered significant injury to knee, still waiting for final test results: ‘I think it’ll be quite a bit of rehab over the summer’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Apr 16, 2026)
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Rasmus Sandin listed as game-time decisions, Logan Thompson to start for Capitals at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Apr 12, 2026)
Rasmus Sandin leaves Penguins game in serious pain after Justin Brazeau hip check at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Apr 11, 2026)
Bruins beat Caps 3-2 in soul-destroying shootout at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Mar 14, 2026)
Timothy Liljegren immediately texted Rasmus Sandin after being traded to Capitals: ‘We had a lot of fun years together in Toronto. He was pumped.’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Mar 8, 2026)
Tom Wilson and Rasmus Sandin miss Capitals game against Rangers at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Dec 23, 2025)
Capitals sing ‘We want you, baby’ at Spencer Carbery and Rasmus Sandin after beating Toronto Maple Leafs at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Nov 29, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin will make return from injury against Blues after missing five games at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Nov 5, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin is full participant in Capitals practice ahead of game against St. Louis Blues at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Nov 3, 2025)
Spencer Carbery offers latest injury updates on Dylan Strome and Rasmus Sandin at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Oct 31, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin placed on injured reserve by Washington Capitals at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
Pierre-Luc Dubois and Rasmus Sandin will not play for Capitals against Blue Jackets at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Oct 24, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin misses Capitals practice due to upper-body injury at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Oct 23, 2025)
John Carlson needed Rasmus Sandin’s help to watch Nicklas Backstrom’s SHL games: ‘John’s called me about 65 times this summer trying to get my logins’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Alex Ovechkin and Rasmus Sandin play some house hockey at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin on playoff bench brawl between Capitals and Canadiens: ‘That’s what made the series a little bit extra fun’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin shares details behind Hublot watches Alex Ovechkin gifted players and staff after breaking NHL goals record at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Aug 23, 2025)
Alex Ovechkin gave Rasmus Sandin a stick the day he broke the NHL goals record: ‘I asked for it pretty quick’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Aug 23, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	WSI U13	Sweden Selects U13	9	2	1	3		2				9	2	1	3		2
2013-14	U16 Elit	MODO Hockey U16	11	4	3	7		6
2014-15	U16 Div.1	Almtuna IS U16	14	7	15	22		16
2014-15	U16 Elit	MODO Hockey U16	11	5	11	16		6
2014-15	J18 Allsvenskan	Almtuna IS J18	10	0	3	3	-2	4
2014-15	J18 Elit	MODO Hockey J18	6	1	3	4	+7
2014-15	U16 Div.1	Almtuna IS U16 2	1	0	1	1
2014-15	WSI U15	Sweden Selects U15										7	1		1		4
2014-15	TV-Pucken	Ångermanland										6	1	3	4		18
2015-16	J18 Region	MoDo Hockey J18	20	5	17	22	+24	6
2015-16	TV-Pucken	Ångermanland	6	1	4	5
2015-16	U16 SM	Brynäs IF U16	3	0	4	4		2
2015-16	J18 Nationell	Brynäs IF J18	18	1	7	8	+1	2				5	1	2	3	+1	6
2016-17	J18 Elit	Brynäs IF J18	7	2	5	7		2
2016-17	WHC-17	Sweden U17	6	0	2	2		2
2016-17	J18 Allsvenskan	Brynäs IF J18										2				-5	12
2016-17	J20 SuperElit	Brynäs IF J20	36	3	15	18	-8	14				2		1	1	-5	2
2017-18	SHL	Rögle BK	5	0	1	1	-2
2017-18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	Sweden U18	5	0	3	3		2
2017-18	OHL	Soo Greyhounds	51	12	33	45	+35	24				24	1	12	13	+1	8
2018-19	WJC-20	Sweden U20	5	2	2	4	+4	4
2018-19	AHL	Toronto Marlies	44	6	22	28	-10	16				13		10	10	-3	6
2019-20	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	28	1	7	8	-7	10	22	4.5	14:19
2019-20	AHL	Toronto Marlies	21	2	13	15	-2	17
2019-20	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	3	7	10	+3	6
2020-21	AHL	Toronto Marlies	1	0	0	0	+1
2020-21	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	9	0	4	4	+6		9	0.0	14:40	5	1		1	-3		4	25.0	13:13
2021-22	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	51	5	11	16	+9	4	46	10.9	16:58
2022-23	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	52	4	16	20	+10	23	58	6.9	17:59
2022-23	NHL	Washington Capitals	19	3	12	15	-7	16	23	13.0	22:59
2023-24	NHL	Washington Capitals	68	3	20	23	-13	24	79	3.8	21:07	1					2		0.0	20:44
2024-25	WC	Sweden	4	0	3	3	+1
2024-25	NHL	Washington Capitals	82	4	26	30	+13	23	78	5.1	19:11	10		1	1	-1		12	0.0	21:18
2025-26	NHL	Washington Capitals	73	5	24	29	+4	12	90	5.6	19:12
NHL Career			382	25	120	145	+15	112	405	6.2	18:48	16	1	1	2	-4	2	16	6.2	18:44

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2019-20	TOR	28	355:59	1.11	1.22	0.00	0.65	-	2.34	-	-1.69
2020-21	TOR	9	111:18	1.76	4.05	-0.83	-1.78	-	11.02	-	1.95
2021-22	TOR	51	759:35	-0.10	-0.32	0.16	1.66	-	0.69	-0.68	0.47
2022-23	TOR, WSH	71	1147:13	0.72	0.43	0.69	2.20	-	0.06	-0.55	-0.09
2023-24	WSH	68	1241:55	-0.62	-0.28	-0.78	-1.12	-	-1.10	-0.62	0.38
2024-25	WSH	82	1392:01	-0.27	0.06	-0.68	-1.00	-	-0.68	-0.04	-0.41
2025-26	WSH	73	1163:18	1.80	2.30	0.07	0.10	-	0.32	0.33	-1.56

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2019-20	TOR	28	355:59	-1.80	-1.04	-1.89	0.23	-0.10	-0.45	-
2020-21	TOR	9	111:18	-1.88	0.14	-2.31	0.66	0.62	-0.23	-
2021-22	TOR	51	759:35	-0.75	-0.07	-2.18	0.78	0.60	-0.65	-
2022-23	TOR, WSH	71	1147:13	0.13	0.35	-2.07	0.44	1.10	0.51	-
2023-24	WSH	68	1241:55	1.17	-0.19	-1.90	0.05	0.20	0.18	-
2024-25	WSH	82	1392:01	0.33	-0.66	-1.33	0.15	-0.06	-0.30	-
2025-26	WSH	73	1163:18	-0.03	-0.71	-0.38	-0.65	-0.92	0.02	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2019-20	TOR	28	355:59	0.17	0.84	1.01	0.12	0.04	5.56	4.10	1.45	3.57	10.71
2020-21	TOR	9	111:18	0.00	1.62	1.62	0.17	-0.17	0.00	4.43	-4.43	14.29	0.00
2021-22	TOR	51	759:35	0.32	0.63	0.95	0.20	0.12	10.81	6.84	3.97	1.67	1.67
2022-23	WSH	19	347:46	0.52	1.38	1.90	0.13	0.39	16.67	4.16	12.50	0.00	8.00
2022-23	TOR	52	799:27	0.30	0.60	0.90	0.19	0.11	7.55	4.88	2.67	1.43	2.86
2022-23	TOR, WSH	71	1147:13	0.37	0.84	1.20	0.17	0.19	9.86	4.70	5.16	1.05	4.21
2023-24	WSH	68	1241:55	0.10	0.58	0.68	0.18	-0.08	2.99	5.43	-2.44	0.00	6.32
2024-25	WSH	82	1392:01	0.09	0.82	0.91	0.16	-0.07	2.78	5.13	-2.35	0.00	1.53
2025-26	WSH	73	1163:18	0.26	1.08	1.34	0.23	0.02	6.25	5.66	0.59	0.83	0.83

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2019-20	TOR	28	355:59	43.82	2.02	2.48	40.45	3.54	2.71	36.36	47.77	-0.41	0.30	-6.80
2020-21	TOR	9	111:18	40.97	4.31	2.50	36.12	1.08	2.09	80.00	54.44	-0.11	-0.04	-0.55
2021-22	TOR	51	759:35	47.08	3.00	3.20	40.36	2.45	2.36	55.07	57.54	0.37	-0.18	4.88
2022-23	WSH	19	347:46	41.75	3.80	2.67	50.21	3.97	3.50	48.89	43.28	0.35	0.48	-0.19
2022-23	TOR	52	799:27	46.61	2.85	3.38	39.85	1.80	2.39	61.29	58.55	0.53	-0.06	4.83
2022-23	TOR, WSH	71	1147:13	45.14	3.14	3.17	42.99	2.46	2.73	56.07	53.70	0.45	0.14	2.55
2023-24	WSH	68	1241:55	38.02	2.13	2.35	43.96	2.75	2.62	43.56	47.33	0.08	0.09	-0.04
2024-25	WSH	82	1392:01	41.25	3.06	2.68	38.66	2.50	2.41	55.04	52.74	0.18	-0.07	2.42
2025-26	WSH	73	1163:18	38.99	2.48	2.56	40.49	2.63	2.54	48.48	50.18	-0.31	-0.22	-0.83

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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