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Michael Rasmussen

Position	Left Wing / Center	Current Team	Detroit Red Wings
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'6"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	222	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	26 (Apr 17, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2017, Round 1, Overall 9 (DET)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 20, 2024	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 4 years @ $3.200M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 22, 2021	Detroit Red Wings	Signed 3 years @ $1.460M AAV starting in 2021-22
Aug 5, 2017	Detroit Red Wings	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2018-19	DET	62	611:07	0.20	0.88	1.08	0.58	-0.39	3.77	11.21	-7.44	1.28	6.41
2020-21	DET	40	456:10	0.26	0.79	1.05	0.58	-0.32	5.00	11.12	-6.12	4.00	4.00
2021-22	DET	80	939:22	0.83	0.51	1.34	0.77	0.06	11.93	11.10	0.83	2.05	5.48
2022-23	DET	56	675:18	0.62	1.24	1.87	0.77	-0.15	10.00	12.46	-2.46	5.05	8.08
2023-24	DET	75	957:10	0.69	0.94	1.63	0.59	0.10	13.10	11.26	1.84	0.00	7.26
2024-25	DET	77	845:17	0.50	0.35	0.85	0.68	-0.19	8.43	11.62	-3.19	4.17	7.50
2025-26	DET	4	37:44	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.63	-0.63	0.00	19.92	-19.92	0.00	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2018-19	DET	62	611:07	33.87	1.77	2.02	42.22	2.55	2.36	40.91	46.14	-0.30	-0.47	1.07
2020-21	DET	40	456:10	30.12	2.24	1.87	44.85	3.16	2.46	41.46	43.15	-0.17	0.10	-3.21
2021-22	DET	80	939:22	34.36	2.11	2.21	42.92	3.19	2.74	39.76	44.58	-0.13	-0.08	-0.71
2022-23	DET	56	675:18	36.69	2.75	2.33	41.40	2.75	2.44	50.00	48.89	0.13	-0.18	3.21
2023-24	DET	75	957:10	34.73	2.57	2.01	44.95	2.26	2.60	53.25	43.54	-0.19	-0.09	-1.39
2024-25	DET	77	845:17	34.36	1.85	2.00	41.52	2.41	2.34	43.33	46.04	-0.31	-0.08	-2.80
2025-26	DET	4	37:44	42.93	1.59	1.92	34.98	4.77	1.80	25.00	51.69	-0.61	-0.42	-1.61

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Offense sputters again as Panthers drop 4-1 decision to Red Wings at Litter Box Cats (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
NHL Morning Recap – October 16th 2025 at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Red Wings vs. Maple Leafs: Notes, Lines, Goalies, How to Watch at Detroit Hockey Now (Mon Oct 13, 2025)
Practice notebooks: JvR to debut Monday in Toronto, where he once played; on the power play and Detroit’s newest grinding line at The Malik Report (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Tweets from Sunday’s Red Wings practice: Wings, Leafs prepare for Monday’s rematch at The Malik Report (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Red Wings 2025-26 Season Preview: Depth Chart, X-Factors & More at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Red Wings-Maple Leafs game #2 Tweetcap: Detroit rallies to end the exhibition season with a 6-5 OT win over the Laffs at The Malik Report (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Red Wings 2025-26 Roster Projection 2.0 at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
Red Wings McLellan Still Casting For Lines at Detroit Hockey Now (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Red Wings Clash With Maple Leafs Thursday in First Leg of Preseason Home-and-Home at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Red Wings-Blackhawks Game #2 Tweetcap: Wings’ penalty-kill stars in 3-1 victory over Chicago at The Malik Report (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Red Wings’ Forward Group Coming Into Focus in 2025-26 Preseason at The Hockey Writers (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Red Wings-Sabres preseason game #2 Tweetcap: Buffalo’s ‘A Team’ outworks Detroit’s ‘B+ Team’ at The Malik Report (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
McLellan Believes These Two Red Wings Players May Be Difference Makers at Detroit Hockey Now (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
How do the Red Wings forwards stack up heading into the preseason? at Octopus Thrower (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Michael Rasmussen might not be the star Detroit expected—but he’s the one they need at Octopus Thrower (Tue Sep 16, 2025)
Khan discusses the Red Wings’ opening-night forward lines at The Malik Report (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
What every Ken Holland Red Wings draft pick turned into at Octopus Thrower (Mon Aug 25, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	25	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	$500,000	$2,050,000	$2,550,000	$2,550,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$2,950,000	$2,950,000	$2,950,000	UFA
2026-27	27	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	UFA
2027-28	28	$3,200,000	$3,200,000	-	-	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	$3,650,000	UFA
Total				-	$500,000	$12,300,000	$12,800,000	$12,800,000

Signed: Feb 20, 2024

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 3.64

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Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	22	$1,460,000	$1,460,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,480,000	RFA
2022-23	23	$1,460,000	$1,460,000	-	-	$1,480,000	$1,480,000	$1,480,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	24	$1,460,000	$1,460,000	-	-	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,380,000	$4,380,000	$4,860,000

Signed: July 22, 2021

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Steve Yzerman

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.79

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	18	$925,000	$1,741,667	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	19	$894,167	$1,710,833	$750,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	20	$894,167	$1,710,833	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$894,167	$1,710,833	$850,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$2,450,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Aug 5, 2017

Team: Detroit Red Wings

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	OMAHA	Okanagan Hockey Academy Btm Prep	59	41	46	87		123
2014-15	CSSHL U18	Okanagan HA White U18 Prep	28	27	23	50		36
2014-15	BCHL	Penticton Vees	1	0	0	0
2014-15	WHL	Tri-City Americans	1	0	0	0		2
2014-15	CWG	Team British Columbia	6	1	1	2		4				6	1	1	2		4
2015-16	WHL	Tri-City Americans	63	18	25	43	+4	37
2015-16	WHC-17	Canada Black U17	5	2	1	3		16
2015-16	U17-Dev	Team White	3	0	1	1		8
2016-17	WHL	Tri-City Americans	50	32	23	55	-13	50
2016-17	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	1	3	4	+1	8
2017-18	WHL	Tri-City Americans	47	31	28	59	+17	40				14	16	17	33	+8	4
2018-19	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	62	8	10	18	-8	29	74	10.8	12:05
2018-19	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	3	2	0	2
2019-20	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	35	7	15	22	-7	20
2020-21	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	40	3	9	12	-5	26	62	4.8	14:48
2020-21	ICEHL	Graz99ers	18	5	11	16	-1	42
2020-21	AHL	Grand Rapids Griffins	7	2	4	6	-2	6
2021-22	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	80	15	12	27	-25	66	128	11.7	14:31
2022-23	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	56	10	19	29	+2	43	88	11.4	15:06
2023-24	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	75	13	20	33	+8	47	101	12.9	15:11
2024-25	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	77	11	10	21	-12	24	99	11.1	13:25
2025-26	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	4	1	1	2			3	33.3	10:57
NHL Career			394	61	81	142	-40	235	555	11.0	14:07