Jaccob Slavin has proven consistent with his production and sportsmanship since joining the NHL for the 2015-16 season. He is a two-time winner (2021, 2024) of the Lady Byng Trophy presented annually to the NHL player voted to best combine sportsmanship, gentlemanly conduct and ability. In 2023-24, the defenseman was third on the Carolina Hurricanes in ice time per game (20:56) and first in short-handed time per game (2:38), playing heavy minutes against the opposition's top lines.

Slavin had 37 points (six goals, 31 assists) in 81 games and took four minor penalties. He ranked first in the NHL in ice time per game among the 35 skaters to play at least 50 games and have 10 penalty minutes or fewer, and through his first nine NHL seasons had more than 12 penalty minutes once and fewer than 10 four times. He was rewarded by the Hurricanes with an eight-year, $51.69 million contract he signed July 1.

Slavin played for the runner-up United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off and won gold with Team USA at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, the country's first in men's Olympic hockey since the 1980 Lake Placid Games.

Selected by the Hurricanes in the fourth round (No. 120) of the 2012 NHL Draft, Slavin played two seasons for Colorado College, which included a team-high 25 points (five goals, 20 assists) in 32 games in 2013-14. He finished his two-year collegiate career with 42 points (10 goals) in 66 games.

Slavin made his NHL debut with the Hurricanes on Nov. 18, 2015, and had 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in 63 games He played all 82 regular-season games in 2018-19, then had 11 assists in 15 Stanley Cup Playoff games to help Carolina reach the Eastern Conference Final.

His best season was 2021-22, when he had 42 points (four goals, 38 assists) in 79 games.