On the strength of a four-point night from captain Jack Eichel, including the overtime-winning goal, the Buffalo Sabres defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-3 at KeyBank Center on Wednesday.
Eichel led the Sabres with two goals and a pair of assists to help the club improve to 8-1-1 on the season.
Sam Reinhart and Jeff Skinner also scored for Buffalo while Carter Hutton made 25 saves. Hutton, the NHL’s Third Star last week, is now 6-0-0 this year.
Buffalo had a flurry of chances early, but found themselves in a 2-0 hole after 20 minutes.
San Jose’s first goal ended Hutton’s career-long shutout streak at 134:22. Dylan Gambrell tallied 5:46 into the game on a tip from a shot by Erik Karlsson.
The Sharks doubled their lead when Patrick Marleau assisted on Marc-Andre Vlasic’s first of the season with 4:37 to go in the first.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The power's back on with an Eich-goal! ⚡️#Sabres50 | @NewWaveEnergyCo pic.twitter.com/QJsxEovgOt
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 23, 2019
Reinhart tips an absolute rocket from Risto! ?
We're tied up 2-2! #Sabres50 pic.twitter.com/lSj01hLvGb
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 23, 2019
Skinner's hungry ?
We're up 3-2! #Sabres50 pic.twitter.com/C5OEinXB76
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 23, 2019
Eichel OT winner (Ristolainen / Mittelstadt assists)
4-3 Buffalo pic.twitter.com/QWrmgo4Xbh— Ben Mathewson (@Ben_Mathewson) October 23, 2019
Score the overtime winner ☑️
Say hi to mom ☑️ #Sabres50 | @Jackeichel15 pic.twitter.com/OprPxH4cZ5
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 23, 2019
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