With first-place locked up in the Atlantic Division, the Sabres will rest several key players in their final regular-season game, including Ryan McLeod. The 26-year-old McLeod finishes the 2025-26 season with a career-high 54 points (14G / 40A) through 81 games.
In his first season with the Buffalo Sabres in 2024-25, McLeod scored a career-high 53 points (20G / 33A) in 80 games. He returns to the Sabres on a four-year contract extension worth $5 million AAV. The 25-year-old McLeod will likely be relied upon for even more offensive production after the loss of JJ Peterka in the offseason.
McLeod has missed the previous three games due to an undisclosed injury but will return to the lineup on Saturday against his former team, the Edmonton Oilers. The 25-year-old McLeod is averaging 15:35 time-on-ice and has 24 points (10G / 14A) in 45 games this season.
McLeod is battling an undisclosed injury and could miss his first game of the season on Friday against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 25-year-old McLeod has 15 points (6G / 9A) in 32 games this season while averaging 15:39 time-on-ice.
McLeod settled in on the Oilers third line and penalty kill during the 2024 season. The 24-year-old centre had career-highs in goals (12), assists (18) and points (30) but became expendable this offseason when the Oilers signed Viktor Arvidsson, Jeff Skinner, Adam Henrique, Mattias Janmark, Connor Brown and Corey Perry. In Buffalo, he should serve as their No.3 centre and provide the Sabres with additional speed and penalty-killing prowess.
McLeod was a healthy scratch for the Oilers' previous game but is expected to draw back into for Sam Carrick ahead of Game 4 on Wednesday. The 24-year-old centre had 30 points in 81 games during the regular season but has yet to pick up a point in 14 playoff games while averaging 13:47 TOI/GP.
McLeod has yet to pick up a point in his first 14 games of the playoffs. He will be replaced by Adam Henrique, who will be suiting up for the first time since Game 2 vs. the Canucks.
McLeod has missed time throughout training camp but is expected to play Wednesday vs. the Canucks. McLeod, who had 11 goals and 12 assists (23 points) in 57 games a season ago, should serve as Edmonton's third line centre with Warren Foegele and Dylan Holloway on his wings.
McLeod had 11 goals, 12 assists, 78 SOG, 18 PIMs and a +4 plus/minus through 57 games played with Edmonton in 2022-23 and has signed a two-year, $4.2 million contract extension ($2,100,000 AAV) with the Oilers. The 23-year-old has 20 goals, 45 points and two SHG across his 138 games NHL career after being drafted in the second-round of the 2018 Draft (40th overall) by Edmonton.
McLeod has been out of the Oilers' lineup since March 14th due to an upper-body injury and is expected to miss at least another week with the injury. The 23-year-old has 11 goals, 11 assists, 73 SOG, 16 PIMs and a +3 plus/minus through 55 games played this season.
McLeod has 11 goals, 11 assists, 73 SOG, 16 PIMs and a +3 plus/minus through 55 games this season but is not expected to play Thursday as he deals with an undisclosed injury. The 23-year-old is considered day-to-day until Edmonton provides more of an update on the injury.
McLeod has not played since Nov. 26th due to an ankle injury but will draw back into the OIlers' lineup Friday as they take on Vancouver. The 23-year-old had three goals, five assists, 22 SOG and 10 PIMs in 21 games prior to his injury.
McLeod will miss at least one week (four games) after being placed on IR on Sunday. Kailer Yamamoto was also placed on IR with McLeod, clearing the way for James Hamblin and Tyler Benson to be recalled from the AHL.
McLeod was essentially a full-time NHLer in 2022, scoring nine goals with 12 assists (21 points) in 71 games with the Oilers. Entering his age-23 season, McLeod will serve as Edmonton's No.3 centre behind Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl/Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. However, he did see some playing time on the wing in the top-6 down the stretch last year.
