Sabres place D Gorges on IR

Oct 21, 2017 - 2:18 PM The Buffalo Sabres placed defenseman Josh Gorges on injured reserve Saturday with a lower-body injury.

Gorges, 33, was day-to-day before going on IR. In four games this season, he has no points and four penalty minutes, averaging 14:13 time on ice.

In a corresponding move, the Sabres recalled defenseman Zach Redmond from the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.

Redmond, 29, joins the Sabres for his first recall since being acquired on Oct. 4 from the Montreal Canadiens. In four games this season with Rochester, he is tied for the team lead in points (three) and assists (two).

The 6-foot-2, 212-pound Redmond was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the seventh round of the 2008 NHL draft. He has appeared in parts of five NHL seasons, totaling 38 points (nine goals, 29 assists) in 130 games with Montreal, the Colorado Avalanche and the Winnipeg Jets. The Traverse City, Mich., native has 103 points (30 goals, 73 assissts) in 194 career regular-season AHL games, adding 19 points (four goals, 15 assists) in 35 postseason contests.