Washington Capitals · #38 · Defence

Rasmus Sandin

Age 26 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 189 lb · Born Uppsala, SWE

Drafted 2018, #29 overall by Toronto

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Games732025-26 · missed 9
Goals5T-12th on WSH
Assists249th on WSH
Points2910th on WSH
P / GP0.40311th in the NHL
Shots905.6% shooting
TOI / GP19:127th on WSH

Rasmus Sandin scored 29 points (5 goals, 24 assists) in 73 games in 2025-26, 10th on Washington. Against Pittsburgh: 1 point in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Washington have played 2 games and Rasmus Sandin has not dressed yet (ir, knee). Next game tonight against Pittsburgh. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 73 games
2025-26 · The season

29 points in 73 games on a team that finished 12th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways3287th
Blocked shots12779th
Assists / 601.0377th
Penalty differential−275th
Points / GP0.4069th
Hits8869th
Shots / GP1.2355th
PP points154th
Goals / 600.2152nd
Ice time19:1245th
Shooting %5.6%45th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.40.41–100.311–200.321–300.331–400.541–500.451–600.761–700.071–73

Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2910th on WSH
Points per game0.40311th in NHL
Goals5T-443rd in NHL
Assists249th on WSH
Shooting %5.6%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time19:127th on WSH
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:58
Power play0:49
Shorthanded1:25
Total19:12

21.5 shifts a game, averaging 54 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-14th on WSH
PP assists1T-12th on WSH
PP points1T-13th on WSH · T-386th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 601.0016th on WSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP43Washington total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share2.3%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share17.1%of WSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 5 goals and 24 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-11th on WSH
Overtime goals0T-4th on WSH
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals5
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd2
3rd3
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied2
Leading1
Trailing2

2 of 5 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Washington trailing.

Assists

Primary14 · 58%
Secondary10 · 42%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.24
Goals / 600.21
Shots / 603.9
ES points / 601.3628 ES points
PP points / 601.001 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease6 att · 0 G
Slot50 att · 2 G
Wing52 att · 1 G
Point80 att · 2 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

190 attempts across the 70 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)4.7506th
Goals5
Goals vs expected+0.3
Unblocked attempts132
xG per attempt.036
ixG per 600.20

2025-26 · 73 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 75th percentile of defencemen: 61

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

20+ mph bursts6175th
Distance / 60, mi8.6263rd
Distance skated, mi201.348th
Average shot, mph66.946th
Top speed, mph21.9641st
90+ mph shots135th
Hardest shot, mph90.7434th
22+ mph bursts022nd
Offensive-zone time39.6%20th
Defensive-zone time42.9%16th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.96Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph90.74Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated201.3 mi3.99 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts34.3%35.2% defensive · 31.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.6%All situations42.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph61 · avg 46
18-20 mph304 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph1 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph13 · avg 33
70-79 mph79 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways323rd on WSH
Giveaways89
TK / GV ratio0.36
Hits8810th on WSH
Blocked shots1273rd on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes12
Minors6
Majors0
Penalties drawn4
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (21 of 73)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point2129% of games
Multi-point games710%
Goals in5 games7%
Pointless games5271%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games17 Oct – 19 Oct
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run9 games
Final ten4 in 10point in 3

Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
11 Apr 2026@PITW 6-30001015:35
6 Nov 2025@PITL 3-51013+118:25

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home37200.54
Road3690.25

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Pittsburgh210.50
vs Metropolitan21100.48
vs Western Conf.3090.30

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October720.29
November1450.36
December1360.46
January1540.27
February640.67
March1370.54
April510.20

Prediction markets

0.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

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Contract

$4.6M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 6.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 77th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.6M4.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 3 of 5
Expires2028-29UFA
Cap value$23MReported total

Contract terms from public reports. 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 Washington

Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Dylan Strome sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Dylan Strome1
Alex Ovechkin1
John Carlson1
Hendrix Lapierre1
Jakob Chychrun1

Assists on his 5 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Aliaksei Protas4
Tom Wilson4
Alex Ovechkin3
Jakob Chychrun2
Connor McMichael2

Scorers on his 24 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Utah3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Montréal4 P in 31.33 P/GP
Vegas2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Boston2 P in 30.67 P/GP
NY Rangers2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Carolina2 P in 30.67 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points9762nd for Washington
Goals1597th
Assists8244th
Games played24270th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2019-20TOR281780.294.5%
2020-21TOR90440.440.0%
2021-22TOR51511160.3110.9%
2022-23TOR, WSH71728350.498.6%
2023-24WSH68320230.343.8%
2024-25WSH82426300.375.1%
2025-26WSH73524290.405.6%
Career382251201450.386.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2018Toronto · round 1From Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)#29

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · WSH points

Games16
Goals1
Points20.13 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct