Dahlin showed growth in leadership role, defensive presence in 2023-24

Dahlin skated a career-high 2059:13 in 81 games this season, the fourth-highest mark in the NHL. The Sabres were plus-245 in shot attempts when Dahlin was on the ice at 5-on-5, oftentimes against opposing teams' top lines. Dahlin took his workhorse role to another level during a stretch in February when he eclipsed 29 minutes in seven consecutive games – the first NHL player to do so since Erik Karlsson in 2015-16 and the seventh since the league began tracking ice time in 1997-98. Zach Benson got an up-close look at the work that goes into the never-get-tired demeanor that Dahlin brings onto the ice.