{"id":430794,"date":"2026-01-27T15:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/430794\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:37:17","slug":"sabres-star-rasmus-dahlins-fiancee-reveals-loss-of-unborn-child-amid-health-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/430794\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabres Star Rasmus Dahlin’s Fianc\u00e9e Reveals Loss of Unborn Child Amid Health Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin’s fianc\u00e9e, Carolina Matovac, announced on Monday she was pregnant amid her health battle that resulted in a heart transplant … and heartbreakingly, today was the child’s due date.<\/p>\n

Carolina — who got engaged to the defenseman in 2025 — shared the tragic news on her Instagram … \u00a0with a photo of the couple on a plane as she received medical care.<\/p>\n

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“Today was meant to be the day we finally met you,” Carolina said. “You will always hold a special place in our hearts as our first baby, even though we never had the chance to meet. Our love for you is endless.”<\/p>\n

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“Though you didn\u2019t get to experience this world, you played a vital role in ensuring that I could continue to be a part of it.”<\/p>\n

Carolina revealed that concerns for their baby during her pregnancy brought them to the hospital, where she experienced her first heart failure.<\/p>\n

“This is just one of the many reasons I am alive today, able to embrace a normal life once again,” Carolina said. “You are our hero, and I hope you are being well cared for in heaven. We love you, baby Matovac Dahlin\ud83d\udc7c\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\udd0d\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f.”<\/p>\n

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Dahlin announced<\/a> his fianc\u00e9e had heart failure during the offseason last year while they were on vacation in France. He recalled the “traumatic experience,” including her receiving CPR on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n

While she was on life support, they found a match for a heart transplant weeks later.<\/p>\n

Dahlin — the former No. 1 overall pick — thanked everyone who helped save her life, including the organ donor, saying he was “appreciative beyond words for the new life that organ donation has provided to Carolina.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo Sabres captain Rasmus Dahlin’s fianc\u00e9e, Carolina Matovac, announced on Monday she was pregnant amid her health battle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[5,40,43,86,2620],"class_list":{"0":"post-430794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-sports-news","12":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115967810424833868","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}