Buffalo Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson (lower body) will return to the lineup for Wednesday's battle against the Rangers. He's available again after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury.

McLeod began the night centering JJ Peterka and Alex Tuch but later joined Jason Zucker and Tage Thompson ... Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson returned to the lineup and had a plus-one rating ...

9 p.m. ET; KTVD, MSG-B, ALT Sabres projected lineup Jason Zucker — Tage Thompson ... Sam Lafferty Rasmus Dahlin — Bowen Byram Mattias Samuelsson — Owen Power Jacob Bryson — Connor ...