{"id":703014,"date":"2026-06-14T05:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/703014\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:41:09","slug":"rasmus-dahlin-named-second-team-nhl-all-star-on-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/703014\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasmus Dahlin named Second-Team NHL All-Star on defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550) &#8211; For the first time since 2010, a Buffalo Sabres player has been named to an end-of-season NHL-All-Star team. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin was named a Second-Team All-Star on Friday, along with Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard. The First-Team defensive pairing is Norris Trophy winner Zach Werenski (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche), who finished second in Norris Trophy voting.<\/p>\n<p>Dahlin finished third in voting for the Norris Trophy, but was fourth in All-Star voting with 451 points. Bouchard had 483 points, while Makar had 759 points and Werenski had 864 points. <\/p>\n<p>No other Sabres player received a vote for the NHL All-Star rosters, including 40-goal scorer Tage Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Dahlin is the first Sabres player since Ryan Miller in the 2009-10 season to be named to an end-of-season All-Star Team. That year Miller was a First-Team All-Star after winning the Vezina Trophy as the league&#8217;s best goalie.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8221;s a look at the All-Star teams for the 2025-26 NHL season:<\/p>\n<p>First-Team All-Star Team:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LW &#8211; Jason Robertson &#8211; Dallas Stars<br \/>&#8211; C &#8211; Connor McDavid &#8211; Edmonton Oilers<br \/>&#8211; RW &#8211; Nikita Kucherov &#8211; Tampa Bay Lightning<br \/>&#8211; D &#8211; Zach Werenski &#8211; Columbus Blue Jackets<br \/>&#8211; D &#8211; Cale Makar &#8211; Colorado Avalanche<br \/>&#8211; G &#8211; Andrei Vasilevskiy &#8211; Tampa Bay Lightning<\/p>\n<p>Second-Team All-Star Team:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LW &#8211; Cole Caufield &#8211; Montreal Canadiens<br \/>&#8211; C &#8211; Nate McKinnon &#8211; Colorado Avalanche<br \/>&#8211; RW &#8211; David Pastrnak &#8211; Boston Bruins<br \/>&#8211; D &#8211; Evan Bouchard &#8211; Edmonton Oilers<br \/>&#8211; D &#8211; Rasmus Dahlin &#8211; Buffalo Sabres<br \/>&#8211; G &#8211; Logan Thompson &#8211; Washington Capitals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550) &#8211; For the first time since 2010, a Buffalo Sabres player has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[245482,1809,6755,385,130400,99,245483],"class_list":["post-703014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-all-local","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-rasmus-dahlin","tag-sports","tag-wgr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}