Aside from capturing the win on Monday night over the Toronto Maple Leafs, another thing went right for the Buffalo Sabres: forward Evander Kane notched his 19th goal of the season.
And even more importantly: there was a goaltender in the net!
Kane’s goal total for the season so far is absolutely a respectable number; he’s got the second-most goals on the team, second only to Jack Eichel‘s 20, but Kane has been struggling a little bit lately.
Namely: most of his recent goals have been empty-netters.
Here’s Kane’s most recent goal, the one against Toronto on March 7th:
Reinhart to Kane.