Vegas Golden Knights · #4 · Defence

Rasmus Andersson

Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 202 lb · Born Malmo, SWE

Drafted 2015, #53 overall by Calgary

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-11th on VGK
Assists1T-8th on VGK
Points1T-13th on VGK
P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL
Shots50.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:099th on VGK

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 17-30-47, 0.58 points per game Season detail →

Rasmus Andersson has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 47 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 600.8361st
Shots / GP1.2558th
Points / GP0.2550th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Ice time18:0938th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Takeaways021st
Hits08th
Blocked shots17th
Penalty differential−26th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–4

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-13th on VGK
Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-8th on VGK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:099th on VGK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:17
Power play1:49
Shorthanded0:03
Total18:09

24.0 shifts a game, averaging 45 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VGK
PP assists0T-6th on VGK
PP points0T-8th on VGK · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on VGK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share28.8%of VGK PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-4th on VGK
Overtime goals0T-1st on VGK
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.83
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 604.1
ES points / 600.921 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing4 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

11 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2390th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts7
xG per attempt.032
ixG per 600.18

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 84th percentile of defencemen: 8.95 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Offensive-zone time47.2%91st
Defensive-zone time35.2%87th
Distance / 60, mi8.9584th
Top speed, mph21.1477th
Distance skated, mi10.876th
Hardest shot, mph85.6065th
20+ mph bursts264th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Average shot, mph67.838th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.14Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph85.60Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated10.8 mi2.87 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts32.8%36.1% defensive · 31.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.5%All situations36.4%
45.9%Even strength36.8%
51.5%Power play34.0%
84.7%Shorthanded0.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.62vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 03:54
  2. 19.89vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 18:45
  3. 19.48vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 12:29
  4. 18.96@VAN4 Oct · 1st 13:19
  5. 18.91vsANA2 Oct · 1st 15:13
  6. 18.16vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 03:38
  7. 18.09vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 00:57
  8. 18.07@VAN4 Oct · 1st 10:38

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph2 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph8 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 85.60vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 07:52
  2. 80.72vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 14:30
  3. 73.93vsANA2 Oct · 1st 01:10
  4. 71.88vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 19:55
  5. 69.72vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 13:34
  6. 68.98vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 07:16
  7. 68.23@VAN4 Oct · 1st 19:24
  8. 56.27@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 07:16

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.69@SEA6 Oct · 17:24 TOI
  2. 2.46@VAN4 Oct · 17:12 TOI
  3. 2.87vsANA2 Oct · 19:14 TOI
  4. 2.81vsCHI29 Sep · 18:46 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.71 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-9th on VGK
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits0T-13th on VGK
Blocked shots1T-9th on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes6
Minors3
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Toronto, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026@TORW 6-30112+121:33
28 Oct 2025@TORL 3-40111025:48

Contract

$8.5M a season through 2032-33

In 2025-26 he scored 5.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 100th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.5M8.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 1 of 7
Expires2032-33UFA at 36
Cap value$59.5MCap hit × 7 years

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 1 Oct 2026.


With Vegas

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

55th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points1855th for Vegas
Goals750th
Assists1155th
Games played3768th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17CGY10000.00—
2017-18CGY100000.000.0%
2018-19CGY79217190.241.7%
2019-20CGY70517220.314.0%
2020-21CGY56516210.385.2%
2021-22CGY82446500.612.6%
2022-23CGY791138490.626.9%
2023-24CGY78930390.505.7%
2024-25CGY811120310.386.7%
2025-26CGY, VGK811730470.589.6%
2026-27VGK10000.000.0%
Career618642142780.455.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Calgary · round 2#53

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games49
Goals7
Points200.41 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct