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Ryan McLeod has 22 points (7 goals, 15 assists) in 40 games for the Buffalo Sabres this season.

Selected in the 2nd round (No. 40) of the 2018 NHL Draft by the Edmonton Oilers, he has 150 points (59 goals, 91 assists) in 338 regular-season games for the Edmonton Oilers and the Buffalo Sabres.

He also has 13 points (7 goals, 6 assists) in 56 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 26.3 yrs (21.09.1999)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 92 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 40th in 2018
    Draft Team: Team logoEdmonton Oilers
    Awards: -
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The 26-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Sabres controlling 48% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Ryan McLeod is off the ice, the Sabres control 52% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 24% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 43% in the defensive zone.

  • 67

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 111th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 164th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    81.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.01
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    14.24
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.62
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.78
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.16
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.69
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.03
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.55
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.52
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.25
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.31
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.18
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.26
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.77
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    3.43
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.50
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.31
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    2.78
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    4.30
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $5.000M
Player Contract Value: $2.200M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 30.8 yrs (21.09.1999)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
23.12.2025 Team Logo Senators 1 0 1 1 1 16:36 1 0.0% 0
27.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 1 0 1 1 16:23 2 50.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 0 17:08 3 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 16:34 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 16:58 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 2 3 2 9 11.1% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2020-21 Team Logo Oilers 10 0 1 1 -2 12:46 3 0.0% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Oilers 71 9 12 21 -2 12:46 82 11.0% 12
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 57 11 12 23 4 14:10 78 14.1% 18
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 81 12 18 30 10 14:15 106 11.3% 10
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 79 20 33 53 13 16:49 97 20.6% 16
2025-26 Team Logo Sabres 40 7 15 22 5 17:49 51 13.7% 2
Season Projection 82 14 31 45 10 17:49 105 13.3% 4
Total 338 59 91 150 28 417 14.1% 58
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2020-21 Team Logo Oilers 4 0 0 0 -1 10:16 4 0.0% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Oilers 16 3 1 4 -4 14:33 30 10.0% 8
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 12 0 5 5 -1 14:35 9 0.0% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 24 4 0 4 -7 13:11 26 15.4% 16
Total 56 7 6 13 -13 69 10.1% 26
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Ryan McLeod Team Logo C 26.3 yrs 191 cm / 92 kg 0.55 0.44 68 66 $5.000M
84% Charlie Coyle Team Logo C 33.9 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.61 0.51 71 60 $5.250M
83% Kaapo Kakko Team Logo RW 24.9 yrs 185 cm / 97 kg 0.46 0.43 69 70 $4.525M
83% Christian Dvorak Team Logo C 29.9 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.64 0.48 74 66 $5.400M
83% Alexis Lafrenière Team Logo LW 24.2 yrs 188 cm / 86 kg 0.55 0.51 74 71 $7.450M
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