‘Getting back to Ristolainen’s game, defensively he’s had some tough outings. Last night Ristolainen killed off the full two minute penalty in overtime. Dan Bylsma called a timeout for 30 seconds and put him right back out there. Connor McDavid wasn’t going to be on the ice until Bylsma called the timeout so on came McDavid and on came a still tired Ristolainen. McDavid blew around him like he wasn’t even there and won the game. Ristolainen does not think he’s playing well, “It’s not there where it should be. At the start of the year it was good and I am not playing at the level right now that I want to play.” The defenseman added, “I have 19 (18) games left, so I want to have a good end for the year.”’
Sabres' Ristolainen very happy to be selected for Finland
Source: WGR-AM