GRIT & GF
Rasmus Sandin

Washington Capitals, Defence

Rasmus Sandin

  • Disciplined
  • Shot-eater
Points, 2025–26
29
5 G, 24 A in 73 GP
Individual xG
4.9
5 goals from it
Ice time per game
19:12
90 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
49.0
share of chances while he's on

Rasmus Sandin has 5 goals and 24 assists (29 points) in 73 games for the Washington Capitals in 2025–26, with 90 shots on goal and 19:12 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 35.8 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

35.8050100
Rated above 75% of defencemen
Goals above average
−3.3
Wins
−0.56
Physicality85thGF65thIntimidation55thChemistry15thClutch23th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.23, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 75.4% of 281 rated players

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Physicality

+0.93 SD · 85th percentile · weight 38% · −0.2 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.3.763th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.5.485th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.3294th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.2010th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.3096th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.1.0259th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 1,179 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. vs UTA

    Tuesday, March 3

    Shot blocker

    Rasmus Sandin got in front of 6 shots. He has 22 points in 56 games this season. He played 22:35 and had three shots on goal. The Capitals lost 3-2 to the Mammoth.

  2. vs PHI

    Wednesday, February 25

    Drought over

    Rasmus Sandin scored for the first time in 40 games. That was his third goal of the season. He played 20:01 and had two shots on goal. The Capitals beat the Flyers 3-1.

  3. vs MTL

    Tuesday, January 13

    Big night

    Rasmus Sandin had three points, three assists. He played 24:36, about 6 minutes over his average. He has 16 points in 41 games this season. It finished 3-2 for the Capitals in overtime.

  4. at PIT

    Thursday, November 6

    Drought over

    Rasmus Sandin scored for the first time in 76 games. That was his first goal of the season. The Capitals lost 5-3 to the Penguins.

Player card

Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game19:12
    53
  • Points per 601.24
    74
  • Goals per 600.21
    58
  • Individual xG per 600.21
    56
  • Shots per 603.9
    63

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.45
    45
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.55
    50
  • xGF%49.0%
    47

Physical

  • Hits per 603.8
    65
  • Blocks per 605.5
    82
  • Penalty minutes per 600.5
    95

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Trevor van Riemsdyk57291:57247–32611.7–11.59–1250%
Matt Roy70244:57225–2208.6–9.49–848%
Martin Fehérváry57220:06186–2308.5–8.68–1150%
John Carlson48151:19170–1457.6–7.88–949%
Jakob Chychrun67123:30119–1066.2–5.210–654%
Declan Chisholm1877:3372–902.6–4.82–436%
Dylan McIlrath833:0320–280.9–0.81–054%
Cole Hutson1224:1123–311.1–1.51–143%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 5 goals from 132 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.200.40
02-2704-11

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–267352429904.919:128812849.0
2024–258242630786.019:129112352.0
2023–246832023794.721:087511047.3

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1115:350010.02100
2026-04-0820:010000.00140
2026-04-0521:060010.00220
2026-04-0420:250010.08220
2026-04-0218:560120.02120
2026-03-3121:140100.00220
2026-03-2821:250010.07112
2026-03-2619:421120.07010
2026-03-2416:320010.12030
2026-03-2220:100020.03110
2026-03-2019:140000.00120
2026-03-1820:090100.00240
2026-03-1423:191140.34040
2026-03-1219:470010.23100
2026-03-1119:190000.05100
2026-03-0920:100010.20330
2026-03-0720:510020.11310
2026-03-0322:350130.07260
2026-02-2819:060000.00120
2026-02-2721:300220.06220