Michael Rasmussen
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′6″ · 220 lb · Born Surrey, British Columbia, CAN
Drafted 2017, #9 overall by Detroit
2025-262025-26: 64 games, 6-8-14, 0.22 points per game Season detail →
Michael Rasmussen has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 14 points in 64 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 26th-placed Detroit
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 64 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 21.44 mph, hardest shot 76.90 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.78vs
NYR2 Oct · 2nd 08:33 - 19.55vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 03:38
- 19.17vs
WPG4 Oct · 2nd 02:03 - 19.12vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 07:25
- 18.84vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 02:11
- 18.83vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 06:58
- 18.72vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 01:54
- 18.38vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 03:09
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 76.90vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 17:02
- 69.69vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 07:48
- 64.81vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 06:14
- 56.11vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 02:41
- 53.71vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 11:31
- 23.96vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 12:19
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.02vs
OTT6 Oct · 20:05 TOI - 2.27vsWPG4 Oct · 16:09 TOI
- 1.96vsNYR2 Oct · 14:54 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.42 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Wins the puck back more than he gives it away
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Seattle, a point in zero of two
SEAW 4-30003016:05SEAW 4-20000012:05OTTW 5-30000020:05WPGL 2-30004016:09NYRL 0-20000−114:5414 points in 64 games on a team that finished 16th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Detroit's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 6 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 6 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Detroit trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
140 attempts across the 56 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 64 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 22.25 mph, hardest shot 83.25 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (11 of 64)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Seattle, a point in zero of two
SEAW 4-30003016:05SEAW 4-20000012:05
CBJOTL 3-4 SO000007:57
MINL 4-50000012:08NYRL 1-40001−19:31
TBLL 1-40001012:58
FLAL 3-40001−216:26
NJDW 3-00001+110:57FLAL 1-30000−17:43
VGKOTL 3-4 OT0000−216:09
NSHW 4-20002017:29
CARL 2-50001−112:17OTTW 5-30000020:05WPGL 2-30004016:09NYRL 0-20000−114:54Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.2M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 4.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 342nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Detroit
Seven seasons · 2018-19 to 2025-2646th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, all with the Red Wings
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct