BUFFALO -- Ryan McLeod got his first NHL hat trick in a 4-2 win for the Buffalo Sabres against the Carolina Hurricanes at KeyBank Center on Wednesday. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 34 saves and Dylan Cozens scored for the Sabres (17-22-5), who are 6-3-1 since a 13-game losing streak (0-10-3).

The Carolina Hurricanes couldn't mount a comeback against the Buffalo Sabres as a Ryan McLeod hat trick was the difference in a 4-2 loss.

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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 on Wednesday night. Dylan Cozens also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Sabres,

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Jaccob Slavin and Martin Necas scored and Brent Burns had two assists in the Hurricanes' second straight loss. Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves. OILERS 5, WILD 3 ST.

With a rare 6:00 pm start time, the Hurricanes arrived late to the game and Buffalo did not. The Hurricanes didn’t really get to their game until the third and Buffalo took advantage, getting a three-goal lead before the final frame.

The Sabres got a fourth goal in the third period to ice the game — despite not recording a shot on net in the entire period, an NHL first.

McLeod’s hat-trick goal with 24 seconds remaining put the finishing touches on a bend-but-don’t-break performance by the Sabres, who were coming off a loss to Seattle in their most recent game in which goals against compounded into a blown lead.

After losing to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes followed up by losing to the Buffalo Sabres, 4-2 in Buffalo on Wednesday night. The Sabres are currently in last place in the Eastern Conference.

Levi is here because starter Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen is banged up after taking a bump to the head from Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin in the second period of Friday night's game in KeyBank Center.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves. Jaccob Slavin and Martin Necas scored and Brent Burns had two assists in the Hurricanes' second straight loss. Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves. McLeod opened the ...