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Rasmus Dahlin

#26 Buffalo Sabres / NHL - 25/26

1-time Swedish Junior Hockey Player of the Year (Årets Junior)

1-time TV-Pucken Best Defenseman (Lill-Strimmas Stipendium)

Date of Birth

Apr 13, 2000

Position

Age

Height

6'3" / 190 cm

Place of Birth

Trollhättan, SWE

Weight

203 lbs / 92 kg

Nation

Sweden

Shoots

Youth Team

HC Lidköping

Contract

31/32

Cap Hit

NHL Rights

Buffalo Sabres / Signed

Drafted

2018 round 1 #1 overall by Buffalo Sabres

Agency

PREMIUM

Brother: Felix Dahlin
Father: Martin Dahlin
Uncle: Johan Dahlin
Cousin: Helmer Dahlin

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Rasmus Dahlin Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2013-14	HC Lidköping U16 2	U16 Div.2	13*	8*	15*	23*	16*	-*	\|
	HC Lidköping U16	U16 Div.1	7*	1*	2*	3*	45*	-*	\|
2014-15	HC Lidköping U16 2 “A”	U16 Div.2	5*	27*	9*	36*	6*	-*	\|
	HC Lidköping U16	U16 Div.1	15*	19*	29*	48*	32*	-*	\|
	HC Lidköping J18	J18 Div.1	18*	12*	14*	26*	44*	-*	\|
	HC Lidköping	Division 3	10*	1*	5*	6*	0*	-*	\|
2015-16	Frölunda HC U16	U16 Elit	3*	0*	0*	0*	4*	-*	\|
	Frölunda HC U16	U16 SM	2*	0*	1*	1*	6*	-*	\|
	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Elit	16*	5*	7*	12*	12*	12*	\|
	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Allsvenskan	17*	3*	8*	11*	12*	9*	\|	Playoffs	6	0	3	3	2	5
	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
	Sweden U16 (all) “C”	International-Jr	6*	0*	1*	1*	6*	1*	\|
	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2016-17	Frölunda HC J18	J18 Elit	1*	3*	1*	4*	0*	6*	\|
	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	24*	9*	13*	22*	74*	18*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-1
	Frölunda HC	SHL	26*	1*	2*	3*	6*	4*	\|	Playoffs	14	3	2	5	2	-2
	Sweden U17 (all)	International-Jr	3*	0*	1*	1*	0*	2*	\|
	Sweden U18 (all)	International-Jr	5*	1*	1*	2*	2*	2*	\|
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	1*	1*	2*	4*	0*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	9*	2*	1*	3*	4*	0*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	2*	0*	1*	1*	4*	1*	\|
2017-18	Frölunda HC J20	J20 SuperElit	1*	1*	1*	2*	0*	1*	\|
	Frölunda HC	SHL	41*	7*	13*	20*	20*	4*	\|	Playoffs	6	1	2	3	2	3
	Sweden U20	WJC-20	7*	0*	6*	6*	6*	7*	\|
	Sweden U20 (all)	International-Jr	10*	0*	7*	7*	8*	7*	\|
	Sweden	OG	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	0*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-1*	\|
2018-19	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	82*	9*	35*	44*	34*	-13*	\|
2019-20	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	59*	4*	36*	40*	38*	-7*	\|
2020-21	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	56*	5*	18*	23*	26*	-36*	\|
2021-22	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	80*	13*	40*	53*	68*	-22*	\|
	Sweden	WC	8*	2*	5*	7*	4*	5*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	9*	2*	7*	9*	6*	7*	\|
2022-23	Buffalo Sabres “A”	NHL	78*	15*	58*	73*	92*	12*	\|
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres “A”	NHL	81*	20*	39*	59*	66*	-3*	\|
	Sweden	WC	10*	2*	7*	9*	29*	4*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	11*	2*	9*	11*	29*	6*	\|
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres “C”	NHL	73*	17*	51*	68*	54*	11*	\|
	Sweden	NHL 4 Nations	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|
	Sweden (all)	International	3*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres “C”	NHL	24*	1*	16*	17*	31*	-8*	\|
	Sweden	OG	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
	Projected	NHL	79*	3*	53*	56*	102*	-26*	\|

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Rasmus Dahlin Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2012-13	Sweden Selects U13	WSI U13	9*	0*	1*	1*	8*	-*	\|
2014-15	Västergötland	TV-Pucken	11*	2*	6*	8*	16*	-*	\|
2015-16	Västergötland “A”	TV-Pucken	6*	4*	6*	10*	0*	-*	\|
2016-17	Frölunda HC	Champions HL	4*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
	Sweden U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	5*	1*	1*	2*	2*	2*	\|
2017-18	Frölunda HC	Champions HL	7*	2*	0*	2*	4*	0*	\|
	Sweden	EHT	2*	0*	1*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2021-22	Sweden (EHT)	EHT	1*	0*	2*	2*	0*	2*	\|
2023-24	Sweden	EHT	1*	0*	2*	2*	0*	2*	\|

Rasmus Dahlin Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Champions HL	2	11*	2*	0*	2*	0.18*	4*	-1*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Division 3	1	10*	1*	5*	6*	0.60*	0*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	3	4*	0*	5*	5*	1.25*	0*	3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	5*	1*	1*	2*	0.40*	2*	2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	5	30*	5*	19*	24*	0.80*	41*	13*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	3	36*	3*	11*	14*	0.39*	20*	12*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	8	533*	84*	293*	377*	0.71*	409*	-66*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL 4 Nations	1	3*	1*	0*	1*	0.33*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
OG	2	2*	0*	1*	1*	0.50*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SHL	2	67*	8*	15*	23*	0.34*	26*	8*	\|	2	20	4 *	4 *	8 *	0.40 *	4 *	1 *
TV-Pucken	2	17*	6*	12*	18*	1.06*	16*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 Div.1	2	22*	20*	31*	51*	2.32*	77*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 Div.2	2	18*	35*	24*	59*	3.28*	22*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 Elit (U16 Region)	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	4*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM	1	2*	0*	1*	1*	0.50*	6*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Div.1 (U18 Div.1)	1	18*	12*	14*	26*	1.44*	44*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J18 Allsvenskan (U18 Nationell)	1	17*	3*	8*	11*	0.65*	12*	9*	\|	1	6	0 *	3 *	3 *	0.50 *	2 *	5 *
J18 Elit (U18 Region)	2	17*	8*	8*	16*	0.94*	12*	18*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
J20 SuperElit (U20 Nationell)	3	26*	10*	14*	24*	0.92*	74*	19*	\|	1	1	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	-1 *
WC	2	18*	4*	12*	16*	0.89*	33*	9*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	14*	1*	7*	8*	0.57*	10*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WSI U13	1	9*	0*	1*	1*	0.11*	8*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

Rasmus Dahlin Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2015-2016
2016-2017
- Champions Hockey League Champion
- J20 SuperElit (Top) Most Penalized Player (56)
2017-2018
2018-2019
2021-2022
- NHL All-Star Game
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2022-2023
- NHL All-Star Game
2023-2024
- NHL All-Star Game
- World Championship Bronze Medal

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
10/09/2023
10/09/2023	Extension	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Sabres
09/22/2021
09/22/2021	Extension	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Sabres
07/09/2018
07/09/2018	Confirmed	Frölunda HC	Buffalo Sabres
12/13/2016
12/13/2016	Extension	Frölunda HC J20	Frölunda HC

Player Biography and Trivia

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #1 by FCHockey

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #1 by McKeen's Hockey

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #1 by TSN/McKenzie

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #1 by NHL Central Scouting

Cult/Star player for Buffalo Sabres

Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC

Cult/Star player for Frölunda HC U20

Cult/Star player for HC Lidköping

Cult/Star player for Västergötland

Career transactions
- 2016-12-13 • Signed to a three-year professional contract by Frölunda Hockey Club
- 2018-07-09 • Signed to a three-year entry-level contract by the Buffalo Sabres

Captaincy history
- Captain for Team Sweden U16

(2015-16)
- Captain for Team Sweden U17

(2016-17)
- Alternate captain for Västergötland

(2015-16)
- Alternate captain for HC Lidköping Red Roosters U16 2

(2014-15)

Jersey numbers
- #2 (HC Lidköping Red Roosters / J18 2014-15 [wore #2 in one game for the J18 team], Västergötland 2014-15 / 2015-16)
- #3 (HC Lidköping Red Roosters U16 / U16 2 2014-15)
- #4 (Team Sweden U16 / U17 2015-16 / 2016-17)
- #8 (Team Sweden U20 2016-17 / 2017-18)
- #14 (Team Sweden U18 2016-17)
- #18 (Frölunda Hockey Club J20 / J18 / U16 2015-16 / 2016-17 / 2017-18, HC Lidköping Red Roosters U16 / U16 2 2013-14)
- #21 (HC Lidköping Red Roosters J18 2014-15)
- #22 (HC Lidköping Red Roosters J18 2014-15 [1 game])
- #26 (Frölunda Hockey Club 2016-17 / 2017-18, Team Sweden 2016-17 / 2017-18, Buffalo Sabres 2018-present)