Rasmus Ristolainen GTD

FPPG: 5.9
FPPG: 5.9

Rasmus Ristolainen scores hat trick in Sabres' loss

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen scored a hat trick in Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames.

What It Means:

Two of his three goals were scored on the power play. Ristolainen finished the game with a minus-2 rating, four shots and one blocked shot in 25:12 of ice time. The 21-year-old is having an incredible breakout year. He has seven points in his last five games and now has seven goals and 21 points in 29 games.

Ristolainen has already surpassed his point total from last year, when he racked up 20 points in 78 games. We project him to regress over the remainder of the season. Our algorithms forecast Ristolainen to put up 23 more points -- seven goals, 16 assists -- over the final 53 games.