Sabres star Rasmus Dahlin reveals fiancée's coronary heart transplant throughout France journey

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Buffalo Sabres star Rasmus Dahlin revealed in an open letter to hockey followers that his fiancée, Carolina Matovac, obtained a coronary heart transplant after she skilled "main coronary heart failure" whereas the couple was vacationing in France early this summer season.

The Sabres captain detailed the traumatic expertise in a letter shared by the workforce Friday. In response to Dahlin, Matovac had been feeling unwell for a number of days, which led to her experiencing "major heart failure."

Carolina Matovac and Rasmus Dahlin (26) of the Buffalo Sabres pose on the purple carpet on the Metro Toronto Conference Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 1, 2024. (Nicole Osborne/NHLI by way of Getty Pictures)

"Fortuitously, she obtained CPR on a number of events, and as much as a few hours at a time to maintain her alive, which in the end saved her life. With out her receiving lifesaving CPR, the end result would have been unimaginable. It's onerous to even take into consideration the worst-case situation," he wrote.

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Matovac remained on life help for weeks earlier than receiving the transplant in France.

"With out the unbelievable dedication, experience, care, and sensitivity of all of the individuals who handled Carolina, we'd not be within the place that we're in at present, with Carolina recovering nicely and on the trail to a full restoration."

Rasmus Dahlin (26) of the Buffalo Sabres skates throughout the first interval in opposition to the Philadelphia Flyers at KeyBank Middle in Buffalo, New York, on April 17, 2025. (Rebecca Villagracia/Getty Pictures)

Dahlin thanked Matovac’s medical workforce, the NHL and NHLPA, and the Pegula household for his or her help. He mentioned that by sharing this life-altering expertise, he hopes to remind others to "recognize our experiences, the folks closest to us, and the significance of totally dwelling every day."

"Whereas Carolina remains to be working by means of her rehab to return to be with me in Buffalo, she has demonstrated an unbelievable dedication, spirit, positivity, and resilience that I'm in awe of. This has undoubtedly been probably the most difficult chapter of our lives, nonetheless it's one thing that we have now discovered a lot from. We are going to proceed to develop from these experiences and are so grateful for all of the love and help we have now obtained. We're actually blessed in so some ways and totally notice how lucky we're."

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Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin (26) follows the puck within the first interval in opposition to the Ottawa Senators on the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 1, 2025. (Marc DesRosiers/Imagn Pictures)

Dahlin, 25, is coming into his eighth NHL season after being chosen first total by Buffalo within the 2018 draft. The Swedish defenseman has topped 50 factors in every of his previous 4 seasons and was chosen to symbolize his nation on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.