Ryan McLeod
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 198 lb · Born Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2018, #40 overall by Edmonton
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 14-40-54, 0.67 points per game Season detail →
Ryan McLeod has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 54 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 14th-placed Buffalo
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
3 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 99th percentile of forwards: 11.11 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.47vs
CHI3 Oct · 1st 17:59 - 20.91@
CBJ1 Oct · 2nd 12:33 - 20.91vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 01:09
- 20.87vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 07:37
- 20.73@CBJ1 Oct · 3rd 05:03
- 20.57vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 17:30
- 20.45vsCHI3 Oct · 2nd 09:27
- 20.17vsCHI3 Oct · 3rd 07:24
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 73.10vsCHI3 Oct · 1st 01:25
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.62vs
MIN6 Oct · 14:15 TOI - 2.31vsCHI3 Oct · 12:02 TOI
- 3.03@CBJ1 Oct · 16:41 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.65 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Dallas, a point in zero of one
DALW 4-10001016:35MINW 3-2 OT0001014:15CHIW 4-30001−312:02CBJW 6-30110016:4154 points in 81 games on a team that finished 4th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Buffalo's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 14 goals and 40 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 14 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Buffalo trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
178 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 81 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 99th percentile of forwards: 11.01 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (41 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Dallas, a point in zero of one
DALW 4-10001016:35CHIW 5-11011+116:08CBJW 5-00000+115:53
NYRW 5-31122+117:10
TBLW 4-20110+317:31
WSHL 2-60000−316:53
OTTL 1-40001−120:41
NYIW 4-30002−118:38
SEAW 3-2 SO0000−116:44
DETL 2-50000−118:26
BOSOTL 3-4 OT0000−317:12MINW 3-2 OT0001014:15CHIW 4-30001−312:02CBJW 6-30110016:41Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 10.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 126th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Buffalo
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-2662nd in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSix seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct