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Ryan McLeod

Position	Center	Current Team	Buffalo Sabres
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2028-29
Weight (lbs)	204	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Age	26 (Sep 21, 1999)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2018, Round 2, Overall 40 (EDM)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2025	Buffalo Sabres	Signed 4 years @ $5.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Aug 1, 2023	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 2 years @ $2.100M AAV starting in 2023-24
Sep 22, 2022	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 1 year @ $798K AAV starting in 2022-23
May 1, 2019	Edmonton Oilers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2020-21	EDM	10	104:51	0.00	0.57	0.57	0.12	-0.12	0.00	6.86	-6.86	0.00	0.00
2021-22	EDM	71	737:10	0.57	0.65	1.22	0.54	0.03	10.61	10.13	0.47	5.68	5.68
2022-23	EDM	57	636:23	0.85	0.94	1.79	0.67	0.17	15.25	12.11	3.14	5.68	6.82
2023-24	EDM	81	963:10	0.69	0.93	1.62	0.64	0.05	11.70	10.89	0.81	2.76	5.52
2024-25	BUF	79	1024:21	0.70	1.52	2.23	0.50	0.21	15.79	11.13	4.66	3.39	6.78
2025-26	BUF	4	44:45	1.34	0.00	1.34	0.45	0.89	25.00	8.36	16.64	0.00	25.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2020-21	EDM	10	104:51	37.77	1.72	2.41	38.91	2.86	2.06	37.50	53.86	0.09	-0.12	2.41
2021-22	EDM	71	737:10	39.88	1.95	2.19	36.06	2.12	2.23	48.00	49.56	-0.62	-0.38	-2.31
2022-23	EDM	57	636:23	42.14	2.45	2.83	38.66	2.45	2.27	50.00	55.43	-0.06	-0.25	2.07
2023-24	EDM	81	963:10	47.34	2.43	2.86	36.32	1.81	2.18	57.35	56.73	-0.16	-0.17	0.46
2024-25	BUF	79	1024:21	41.29	3.16	2.23	43.17	2.81	2.59	52.94	46.35	-0.13	0.09	-2.34
2025-26	BUF	4	44:45	33.52	4.02	1.83	40.22	5.36	2.44	42.86	42.79	-0.09	0.04	-1.52

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	71	23.2	1.8	11.0	11.0	80.1	48.2	8.5	33.9	57.6	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	57	23.3	1.7	10.6	10.8	80.4	51.6	8.3	45.0	46.7	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	81	23.8	1.8	10.9	11.0	86.6	50.4	13.0	26.1	60.9	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	79	22.9	0.8	10.9	11.1	82.0	53.6	13.0	40.3	46.8	0.4	0.2	0.4
2025-26	4	21.7	0.6	10.5	11.3	69.9	57.4	0.0	80.0	20.0	0.4	0.2	0.4

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	BUF	4.45	3.64	55.00	2.30	2.61	46.84	0.07	0.34	-2.77
2024-25	BUF	5.05	2.94	63.16	2.06	3.39	37.76	-0.30	0.89	-10.74
2024-25	BUF	2.44	0.61	80.00	2.15	2.19	49.57	-0.25	-0.31	0.53
2024-25	BUF	2.33	3.88	37.50	2.50	2.62	48.79	0.30	0.13	1.92
2024-25	BUF	5.11	3.07	62.50	1.82	2.27	44.54	-0.59	-0.25	-4.40
2024-25	BUF	2.85	4.28	40.00	2.17	1.93	52.83	-0.17	-0.41	2.93
2024-25	BUF	4.89	3.26	60.00	3.08	1.48	67.51	0.85	-1.03	20.48
2024-25	BUF	1.77	5.32	25.00	2.21	5.29	29.48	-0.25	2.76	-19.92
2024-25	BUF	3.76	3.76	50.00	2.50	2.96	45.80	0.23	0.28	-0.08
2024-25	BUF	0.00	2.29	0.00	0.96	2.06	31.85	-1.49	-0.62	-15.95
2024-25	BUF	2.61	5.22	33.33	2.62	3.17	45.18	0.17	0.63	-3.88
2024-25	BUF	2.81	0.00	100.00	3.34	1.83	64.53	0.97	-0.64	15.59
2023-24	EDM	4.98	1.66	75.00	3.26	2.71	54.59	0.47	0.42	-0.31
2023-24	EDM	4.05	3.24	55.56	1.87	2.05	47.73	-1.19	-0.14	-10.55
2023-24	EDM	2.98	2.98	50.00	2.81	2.08	57.51	-0.05	-0.24	2.27
2023-24	EDM	0.00	1.01	0.00	4.04	1.85	68.63	1.39	-0.56	16.23
2023-24	EDM	2.06	1.03	66.67	3.37	2.01	62.66	0.42	-0.13	4.68
2023-24	EDM	1.07	1.07	50.00	2.47	1.79	58.00	-0.62	-0.54	1.04
2023-24	EDM	2.41	1.21	66.67	2.80	2.29	55.03	-0.13	0.12	-2.40
2023-24	EDM	0.00	1.21	0.00	2.89	1.80	61.56	-0.14	-0.64	6.18
2023-24	EDM	1.49	1.49	50.00	2.25	1.90	54.14	-0.93	-0.36	-4.17
2023-24	EDM	0.00	0.00	-	3.85	2.81	57.78	1.01	0.45	3.24
2023-24	EDM	1.80	1.80	50.00	1.56	2.19	41.66	-1.61	-0.03	-17.13
2023-24	EDM	4.15	0.00	100.00	3.90	2.01	66.01	0.90	-0.19	8.27
2022-23	EDM	0.66	1.99	25.00	2.45	1.66	59.57	-0.44	-0.95	7.05
2022-23	EDM	3.35	2.23	60.00	2.94	2.45	54.58	0.23	0.22	-0.23
2022-23	EDM	1.22	2.44	33.33	3.47	2.20	61.14	0.74	-0.29	8.89
2022-23	EDM	3.85	2.57	60.00	1.82	2.53	41.90	-0.84	-0.01	-9.26
2022-23	EDM	1.32	1.32	50.00	2.77	2.25	55.15	-0.19	-0.19	0.42
2022-23	EDM	5.59	0.00	100.00	2.83	1.76	61.68	0.18	-0.81	10.97
2022-23	EDM	6.47	2.16	75.00	2.06	1.71	54.60	-0.88	-0.91	1.79
2022-23	EDM	2.67	8.01	25.00	4.45	3.96	52.93	1.51	1.53	-1.85
2021-22	EDM	1.41	2.11	40.00	2.68	1.53	63.61	0.00	-1.14	13.56
2021-22	EDM	0.94	4.70	16.67	3.10	3.24	48.90	0.24	0.77	-4.82
2021-22	EDM	2.62	0.00	100.00	2.57	1.39	64.90	-0.14	-1.02	11.91
2021-22	EDM	1.40	1.40	50.00	1.35	1.39	49.41	-1.30	-0.97	-3.56
2021-22	EDM	1.62	1.62	50.00	2.56	1.63	61.08	-0.21	-0.86	8.44
2021-22	EDM	0.00	0.00	-	2.20	0.90	70.91	-0.30	-1.62	21.14
2021-22	EDM	0.00	2.69	0.00	1.93	1.45	57.13	-0.87	-1.36	7.18
2021-22	EDM	2.72	2.72	50.00	2.31	1.33	63.47	0.21	-1.36	19.65
2020-21	EDM	3.62	7.24	33.33	2.22	1.95	53.28	-0.18	-0.25	1.11
2020-21	EDM	0.00	0.00	-	1.97	1.10	64.29	-0.22	-1.44	17.99

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Lindy Ruff urges Buffalo Sabres fan support: 'We fed off the energy' at Sabres Noise (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
The Next Big Thing? Josh Doan is already turning heads for the Buffalo Sabres at Sabres Noise (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
3 Buffalo Sabres who helped propel them to an 8-4 win over the Ottawa Senators at Sabres Noise (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
NHL Morning Recap – October 16th 2025 at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Sabres notes: Ryan McLeod, other forwards struggling early; Alexandar Georgiev practices with Rochester at Sabres Space (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Sabres roar back to beat Senators, earn first win: ‘Building came to life’ at Buffalo Hockey Beat (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Sens Crumble in 2nd Period, Lose 8-4 to Sabres at Silver Seven Sens (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
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NOtt-a-wa Chance, Sabres Blast the Senators at Die by the Blade (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Sabres power play comes alive and other takeaways from their 8-4 win over Senators at Sabres Noise (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Senators lose third consecutive game in wacky game against Sabres at SenShot (Thu Oct 16, 2025)
Sabres notes: Ryan McLeod, other forwards struggling early; Alexandar Georgiev practices with Rochester at Buffalo Hockey Beat (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
3 Sabres who must ignite Buffalo's dormant offense before it's too late at Sabres Noise (Wed Oct 15, 2025)
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Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	25		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$3,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	26		$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	RFA-arb
2027-28	27	M-NTC	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
2028-29	28	M-NTC	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$2,000,000	$18,000,000	$20,000,000	$20,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2025

Team: Buffalo Sabres

GM: Kevyn Adams

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.24

Clause: McLeod has a 5 team no trade list starting in 2027-28.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	23	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	24	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	-	-	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000

Signed: Aug 1, 2023

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.51

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	22		$798,000	$798,000	-	-	$798,000	$798,000	$798,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$798,000	$798,000	$798,000

Signed: Sep 22, 2022

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Ken Holland

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.97

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	19	$834,167	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	20	$834,167	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$70,000	ELC
2021-22	21	$834,167	$925,000	$57,500	$92,500	$775,000	$867,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$272,500	$277,500	$2,225,000	$2,502,500	$210,000

Signed: May 1, 2019

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Keith Gretzky

Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	GTMMHL	Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA	2	0	2	2						3		2	2		4
2014-15	GTMMHL	Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA	74	30	51	81		46
2014-15	OJHL	Oakville Blades	2	0	0	0
2014-15	OHL Cup	Toronto Marlboros Mn Mdgt AAA										7	3	4	7
2014-15	CWG	Team Ontario										6	6	5	11		4
2014-15	OGC-16	Team GTHL Blue										5	1	2	3
2015-16	WHC-17	Canada White U17	6	0	1	1		4
2015-16	U17-Dev	Team Gold	3	0	0	0		2
2015-16	OHL	Mississauga Steelheads	62	7	13	20	-6	16				7		2	2	+1	2
2016-17	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	4	0	0	0	+2	4
2016-17	OHL	Mississauga Steelheads	68	9	33	42	+12	36				20	5	15	20	+13	2
2017-18	OHL	Mississauga Steelheads	68	26	44	70	-2	26				6	2	3	5	-4	6
2018-19	OHL	Brampton Steelheads	32	12	26	38	-12	17
2018-19	OHL	Saginaw Spirit	31	7	17	24	+18	16				17	5	7	12	+8	4
2018-19	AHL	Bakersfield Condors										5		3	3	+2
2019-20	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	56	5	18	23		22
2020-21	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	28	14	14	28	+23	10
2020-21	NL	EV Zug	15	4	7	11	+3	10
2020-21	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	10	0	1	1	-2		3	0.0	12:47	4				-1		4	0.0	10:17
2021-22	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	7	1	4	5	-2	6
2021-22	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	71	9	12	21	-2	12	82	11.0	12:46	16	3	1	4	-4	8	30	10.0	14:33
2022-23	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	57	11	12	23	+4	18	78	14.1	14:11	12		5	5	-1	2	9	0.0	14:36
2023-24	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	81	12	18	30	+10	10	106	11.3	14:15	24	4		4	-7	16	26	15.4	13:12
2024-25	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	79	20	33	53	+13	16	97	20.6	16:50
2025-26	NHL	Buffalo Sabres	4	2	0	2	-2		7	28.6	17:47
NHL Career			302	54	76	130	+21	56	373	14.5	14:33	56	7	6	13	-13	26	69	10.1	13:41