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Ryan McLeod scored three goals for his first career hat trick and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2.

FINAL | Sabres 4 - Hurricanes 2 Lindy Ruff addresses the media Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen addresses the media Dylan Cozens ...

Jason Zucker scored three times for Buffalo and Bowen Byram added a goal against his former team. Zach Benson knocked in a contentious goal in the third period after being pushed into Scott ...

The Sabres are still in last place in the Eastern Conference and currently sit nine points out of a playoff spot.

Bowen Byram encapsulated the array of emotions ... where Devon Toews scored the winner on a breakaway 48 seconds in. Jason Zucker scored a hat trick as part of a season-best, four-point night.

Byram has a helper in three straight contests for the second time in December. The 23-year-old defenseman had the secondary assist on Jason Zucker's goal in the second period. Byram continues to ...

Cale Makar had two goals, while Ross Colton and Mikko Rantanen also scored. Jason Zucker scored three times for Buffalo and ...

This time, they had answers in a wild third period as goals by Zach Benson and Jason Zucker ... Red-hot veteran Zucker had a four-point night with a beautiful assist to Bowen Byram for a goal ...

Jason Zucker was in beast mode with a hat trick ... collecting three assists and four shots on goal in his best game in a while. Bowen Byram scored a beauty of a goal in his return to Denver.

December 30 - Jason Zucker and Tage Thompson each had a goal ... But then Krebs scored off a set faceoff play, converting Bowen Byram's pass from the left point with a one-time shot.

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