The Buffalo Sabres visit the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place on Saturday afternoon. It concludes a four-game road trip for Buffalo which has seen losses in Seattle and Calgary sandwich Tuesday’s comeback victory in Vancouver.

McLeod will return to the lineup for the Sabres on Saturday, just in time to make his return to Rogers Place and play his former team, the Edmonton Oilers, for the first time. McLeod has missed the past three games with what he described as a “nagging” upper-body injury.

The Buffalo Sabres play in Edmonton on Saturday and will catch a break as the Oilers will be without Connor McDavid. Their superstar center is serving the last game of a three-game NHL suspension for cross checking Conor Garland in the face.

The Buffalo Sabres play the Oilers on Saturday in Edmonton, and will catch a break as Connor McDavid is serving the last game of a three-game suspension. Paul Hamilton has his game preview:

EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid feels his three-game suspension for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland was a “little bit harsh” but is taking ownership ...

Dylan Cozens and Tage Thompson also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for ... the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and Edmonton beat ...

First, there was the “tank for Connor McDavid”, but they failed ... they’ll have roughly $35 million with only Jason Zucker, Ryan McLeod, Jack Quinn, J.J. Peterka, and Bowen Byram to re ...

McLeod has 10 goals and 14 assists for the Sabres and is on pace to shatter the career highs of 12 goals and 30 points he set last year for

Hopkins' second goal of the game snapped a tie with 11:01 left as the Connor McDavid-less Edmonton Oilers overcame a barrage of Buffalo shots in the final two periods to beat the Sabres, 3-2, Saturday at Rogers Place.

Lundell has a chance to extend his scoring streak to three games after scoring his 11th goal of the season in their previous game against the Ducks. His minutes remain limited because Sam Bennett plays ahead of him, but Lundell's been very consistent lately and fills multiple categories.

Jiri Kulich had a goal and two assists and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Tuesday. J.J. Peterka also scored and contributed a helper for the Sabres (18-24-5), while Tage Thompson buried his team-leading 21st of the season. Rasmus Dahlin registered two assists.

Edmonton captain Connor McDavid was handed the same sanction ... Sabres: Veteran winger Jason Zucker was sidelined by illness after contributing a goal and an assist in Seattle on Monday.