It’s a good thing mom and dad were in attendance!
When Ryan O’Reilly helped set up his brother Cal for the second goal of Thursday’s 4-1 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs, everyone in attendance or watching at home got to witness history in the making:
This was a thing of beauty.
Ryan O’Reilly to his brother Cal, to Jack, back to Cal.
As it turns out, the O’Reilly-to-O’Reilly-to-Eichel-to-O’Reilly connection was the first time in Buffalo Sabres history that a pair of brothers had combined to score a goal.