The Buffalo Sabres activated forward Ryan McLeod off Injured Reserve (IR) and is expected to play Saturday against the ...

Buffalo Sabres center Ryan McLeod, center, celebrates with left wing Jason ... celebrates with right wing Alex Tuch, left, ...

Ryan McLeod scored his first career hat trick as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Wednesday at KeyBank Center. McLeod began the night centering JJ Peterka and Alex Tuch but ...

McLeod’s hat-trick goal with 24 seconds remaining put the finishing touches on a bend-but-don’t-break performance by the Sabres, who were coming off a loss to Seattle in their most recent game in ...

The easy finish to Wednesday’s affairs in KeyBank Center was that the Sabres held on for a 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes as center Ryan McLeod ... Alex Tuch and JJ Peterka.

He's had to deal with an evolving top line -- Jiri Kulich replaced Ryan McLeod (upper body) there a couple of games ago, and JJ Peterka moved up to take the spot of Jason Zucker (illness ...

Sabres rookie Jiri Kulich had a goal and two assists centering the top line in Tuesday night’s 3-2 comeback win on the road ...

But injuries to Tage Thompson – who has remained in the lineup at wing – and Ryan McLeod – as well ... Also on the line is JJ Peterka, taking the place of Jason Zucker for the second ...

With forward Ryan McLeod now on injured reserve ... McLeod has recently spent time on both the second line – between JJ Peterka and Alex Tuch – and the first – between Zucker and Thompson.