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Defence · #26

Rasmus Dahlin

Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Lidkoping, SWE
Draft
2018, round 1, #1 (BUF)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
590
Goals
103
Points
436
TOI per game
23:25
xGF% (5v5)
50.8%
Goals above expected
+17.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19BUF8293544−1321:091775.1%209.149.8%
2019–20BUF5943640−719:18904.4%184.746.3%
2020–21BUF5651823−3621:361154.3%115.848.1%
2021–22BUF80134053−2224:011707.6%217.645.9%
2022–23BUF78155873+1225:482047.4%3214.653.3%
2023–24BUF81203959−325:252358.5%2014.551.2%
2024–25BUF73175168+1124:142008.5%2111.453.7%
2025–26BUF77195574+1824:111949.8%2217.454.6%
2026–27BUF4112026:45119.1%00.656.2%
Total1 team590103333436−4023:251,3967.4%16585.850.8%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
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Player card

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

95th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.4597th pct
  • Assists /601.4597th pct
  • ixG /600.3797th pct
  • Shots /606.0693rd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.8%69th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.3%88th pct
  • Relative xGF%+4.096th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5250th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game23:2595th pct
  • PP time share65.6%98th pct
  • PK time share15.2%32nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%78th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+17.2 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed32.4 km/h29th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot137.8 km/h67th pct
  • Distance skated20 km93rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time48.9%94th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

36.2 km/h76th pct

▲ +1.1 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.4 km/h, 28th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 34.7 km/h, 34th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 34.5 km/h, 29th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 35.0 km/h, 44th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 36.2 km/h, 76th percentile (77 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.060th pct

▲ +0.8 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.1, 39th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 0.7, 14th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 0.7, 17th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 1.2, 36th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 2.0, 60th percentile (77 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.4 km91st pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

121314151621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.1 km, 87th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 14.2 km, 88th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 14.1 km, 81st percentile (81 games)2024–25: 14.8 km, 99th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 14.4 km, 91st percentile (77 games)

Hardest shot

154.8 km/h79th pct

▼ −5.1 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 157.2 km/h, 80th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 158.0 km/h, 85th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 162.1 km/h, 93rd percentile (81 games)2024–25: 159.9 km/h, 94th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 154.8 km/h, 79th percentile (77 games)

Offensive-zone time

45.5%94th pct

▲ +0.5 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.1%, 70th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 44.3%, 81st percentile (78 games)2023–24: 45.1%, 88th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 45.0%, 91st percentile (73 games)2025–26: 45.5%, 94th percentile (77 games)