Rasmus Dahlin
Buffalo Sabres · #26 · Defenseman · age 26 · 6'3" · 204 lb · shoots LBorn 🇸🇪 Lidkoping, SWE · Drafted 2018 · Rd 1 #1
OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN0.82 points/game from the blue line this season
9 points in 11 games — 24th of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
32HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 85% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 2 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
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FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 32 lately — hotter than 85% of defensemen, against an average defenseman at 15.
Now 32 · −21 over these 11 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
5 points in 5 games — 1.2× his usual pace, and 3.0× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Assists | 5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | ▲ 1.6× his usual |
| Points | 5 | 4.1 | 1.6 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shots | 15 | 15 | 6 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 5.9% | 6.3% | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | +4 | +1.8 | +0.0 | +2 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 25:53 | 24:40 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | @ LAK | W | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 23:21 | 32 |
| Oct 29 | @ ANA | W | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 26:00 | 29 |
| Oct 27 | @ SJS | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26:19 | 22 |
| Oct 24 | @ WSH | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 27:20 | 22 |
| Oct 21 | vs PHI | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1 | 26:27 | 21 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points24th of 228 defensemen9leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals26th of 228 defensemen2leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists24th of 228 defensemen7leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots14th of 228 defensemen34leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points10th of 228 defensemen5leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus38th of 228 defensemen+4leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game17th of 228 defensemen24:40leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: shots (99th), power-play points (96th), ice time (93rd). Nothing below the middle of the league.
■ Dahlin this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 67 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 74 in 2025–26.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | BUF | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.82 | +4 |
| 2025–26 · best | BUF | 77 | 19 | 55 | 74 | 0.96 | +18 |
| 2024–25 | BUF | 73 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 0.93 | +11 |
| 2023–24 | BUF | 81 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 0.73 | −3 |
| 2022–23 | BUF | 78 | 15 | 58 | 73 | 0.94 | +12 |
| 2021–22 | BUF | 80 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 0.66 | −22 |
| 2020–21 | BUF | 56 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0.41 | −36 |
| 2019–20 | BUF | 59 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 0.68 | −7 |
| 2018–19 | BUF | 82 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 0.54 | −13 |