The Sabres have placed one of their blueliners on injured reserve.

The 27-year-old has seven season of NHL experience and in his first year in Buffalo after signing a two-year contract in free agency last summer.

Kesselring returns after missing a month with an ankle injury, and loses Timmins to a broken leg.

The Buffalo Sabres were slated to select near the top of the second round on day two of the 2025 NHL Draft in Los Angeles, but they pulled off a trade sending the 39th overall pick and defenseman Connor Clifton to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Conor Timmins and minor leaguer Isaac Beliveau.