Without Jack Eichel, the Sabres averaged 0.7 goals per game (exaggeration). With Eichel, Buffalo is averaging 4.5 goals a game.
Without Jack Eichel, Buffalo would not have won their home game against the New York Rangers tonight.
Scarily, one player IS making the difference for the team. His presence and talents are pushing the other players on the roster to be better. His return is electrifying a Buffalo fan base that has had to deal with the typical Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres sports mediocrity thus far this season.
18 seconds into the game, Rangers future Hall of Fame goalie Henrik Lundqvist made a rare play (for him) for the blooper reels when he allowed a Jake McCabe dump-in attempt, which glanced off the foot/stick of Johan Larsson near the blue line, to somehow flub past him for a quick 1-0 Sabres lead.