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Ryan McLeod scored his first-career hat trick and the Buffalo Sabres held on for 4-2 win against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. Dylan Cozens also scored for the Sabres, who have won three of four.

BUFFALO -- Ryan McLeod got his first NHL hat trick in a 4-2 win for the Buffalo Sabres against the Carolina Hurricanes at KeyBank Center on Wednesday. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves and Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres (17-22-5), who are 6-3-1 since a 13-game losing streak (0-10-3).

The Calgary Flames are among the NHL teams exploring the possibility of acquiring Dylan Cozens from the Buffalo Sabres, according to NHL insider Pierre LeBrun. In a story published in The ...

Some of them, like Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson and Buffalo Sabres center Dylan Cozens, continue to feature prominently in the rumor mill. Some of those players could be moved well ...

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Not only did Nedeljkovic become the first goalie in NHL history to have a goal and an assist in the same game, but he also made 40 saves to lead the Penguins to a 5-2 win over the Sabres.

The Buffalo Sabres found good energy for the third period in Vancouver, and managed to come from behind to beat the Canucks, 3-2. Paul Hamilton shares his postgame thoughts:

Lindy Ruff was so upset with what he saw in Monday’s loss in Seattle, he made everybody take Tuesday’s morning skate and used it as a practice. Ruff wanted battles and he wanted players to the net. He got exactly that in the first period.

Jared McCann had a goal and two assists while John Hayden, Chandler Stephenson, Matty Beniers, Jamie Oleksiak and Adam Larsson also scored for Seattle. Ryker Evans tallied a pair of assists, and goalie Joey Daccord stopped 25 of 29 shots. The Sabres went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed one of two shorthanded situations.

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff swapped Ryan McLeod and Dylan Cozens atop the lineup during the win over the Hurricanes, a move that paid immediate dividends with both players scoring goals on their new lines.

The fact that Dylan Cozens rumors seem to persist ... Chicago would allow Cozens to play with Connor Bedard. Detroit just does not have the cap space unless more pieces are involved.