Dahlin walks Sabres home opener carpet with teenage cancer patient

Rasmus Dahlin had a gift for his bestie on opening night.

The Buffalo Sabres captain was joined by Sophia LaBorde, a teenager battling fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare form of liver cancer, on the Blue and Gold carpet before the team’s home opener against the New York Rangers at KeyBank Center.

In a video posted by the Sabres on social media, Dahlin gifted Sophia a friendship bracelet as soon as he arrived on the carpet to match his own bracelet.

“This is for you, so you don’t forget we are besties,” Dahlin told Sophia as he put it on her wrist.

Sophia, who was diagnosed at the age of 12, was the Sabres’ Hockey Fights Cancer night honoree in 2023. Since then, Dahlin and his fiancé, Carolina, have forged a close bond with the teenager.

The besties then walked the carpet together and posed for pictures with fans.

After the carpet, Sophia revealed to Dahlin she had planned on making friendship bracelets for him and Carolina before seeing him off to the locker room.