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Rasmus Dahlin
Defenseman #26 Sabres
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Rasmus Dahlin has 29 points (4 goals, 25 assists) in 39 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres, he has 389 points (87 goals, 302 assists) in 548 regular-season games for the Buffalo Sabres.

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  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 25.7 yrs (13.04.2000)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 93 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 1st in 2018
    Draft Team: Team logoBuffalo Sabres
    Awards: -
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The 25-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Sabres controlling 58% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Rasmus Dahlin is off the ice, the Sabres control 46% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 32% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 28% in the defensive zone.

  • 80

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 10th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 116th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.13
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.58
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    24.12
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.26
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.79
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.85
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.44
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.05
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.53
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.75
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.88
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.14
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.85
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.01
    26
    Takeaways/60
    1.11
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    2.49
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.28
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $11.000M
Player Contract Value: $7.600M
Remaining: 7 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2032 UFA
Age at the end: 33.2 yrs (13.04.2000)
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Rasmus Dahlin
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 1 24:43 5 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 -3 25:30 1 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 0 0 0 21:49 0 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 1 1 -2 23:40 3 0.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 -1 25:37 3 0.0% 2
Total 5 0 1 1 -5 12 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Sabres 82 9 35 44 -13 21:08 177 5.1% 34
2019-20 Team Logo Sabres 59 4 36 40 -7 19:18 90 4.4% 38
2020-21 Team Logo Sabres 56 5 18 23 -36 21:36 115 4.3% 26
2021-22 Team Logo Sabres 80 13 40 53 -22 24:01 170 7.6% 68
2022-23 Team Logo Sabres 78 15 58 73 12 25:48 204 7.4% 92
2023-24 Team Logo Sabres 81 20 39 59 -3 25:25 235 8.5% 66
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 73 17 51 68 11 24:13 200 8.5% 54
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 39 4 25 29 -12 24:10 105 3.8% 39
Season Projection 78 8 50 58 -24 24:09 210 3.8% 78
Total 548 87 302 389 -70 1296 6.7% 417
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Rasmus Dahlin Team Logo D 25.7 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.74 0.71 85 78 $11.000M
86% John Carlson Team Logo D 36 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.83 0.67 86 77 $8.000M
82% Charlie McAvoy Team Logo D 28.1 yrs 185 cm / 96 kg 0.76 0.61 80 80 $9.500M
82% Evan Bouchard Team Logo D 26.2 yrs 191 cm / 87 kg 0.96 0.72 90 79 $10.500M
81% Miro Heiskanen Team Logo D 26.5 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.80 0.61 83 85 $8.450M
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