Five preseason games. Five short-handed goals. Two Jack Eichel highlight-reel entries.
It’s been a bizarre run of exhibitions for the Buffalo Sabres, posting a 4-1 record thus far and scoring a goal when they’ve been a man down in each game.
Eichel sent First Niagara Center into a tizzy Tuesday with his tally that opened the scoring in a 4-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Eichel saw only 29 seconds of the penalty kill working with Nicolas Deslauriers while Marcus Foligno was in the penalty box for boarding, but that was plenty of time to do damage.