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2018 NHL Draft

Rasmus Dahlin in the 2018 NHL Draft

Buffalo Sabres selected Rasmus Dahlin first overall in the 2018 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 29 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 217 players selected in 2018, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 598, and only 3 have scored more points than his 443.

Overall pick
1
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 1
Drafting team
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–4 in the 2018 draft

  1. 1Rasmus DahlinD598 GP · 443 PBUF
  2. 2Andrei SvechnikovR574 GP · 448 PCAR
  3. 3Jesperi KotkaniemiC533 GP · 210 PMTL
  4. 4Brady TkachukL588 GP · 480 POTT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2018 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2018 class

1st
of 29 Swedes selected
1st
of 70 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Swedes selected

  1. 1Rasmus DahlinD598 GP · 443 PBUF
  2. 8Adam BoqvistD272 GP · 103 PCHI
  3. 23Isac LundeströmC405 GP · 96 PANA
  4. 24Filip JohanssonDMIN
  5. 28Nils LundkvistD250 GP · 58 PNYR
  6. 29Rasmus SandinD382 GP · 145 PTOR
  7. 33Jonatan BerggrenR220 GP · 85 PDET
  8. 39Olof LindbomGNYR
  9. 44Albin ErikssonRDAL
  10. 50Adam GinningD16 GP · 1 PPHI

+ 19 more

Every Swede in the 2018 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Rasmus Dahlin made his NHL debut on October 4, 2018, 104 days after the draft.

598
Games
104
Goals
339
Assists
443
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2018 draft

  1. 1Rasmus DahlinD598 GP · 443 PBUF
  2. 32Mattias SamuelssonD305 GP · 93 PBUF
  3. 94Matej PekarCBUF
  4. 117Linus Lindstrand CronholmDBUF
  5. 125Miska KukkonenDBUF
  6. 187William Worge KreuDBUF