Four goals for Buffalo. Four goals for Jack Eichel. That was the recipe for success Saturday night.
The Sabres captain carried his team to a 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at KeyBank Center in the first four-goal game of his career.
After the game, Eichel couldn't remember the last time he'd lit the lamp four times on a single night. Not in his freshman season at Boston University and not at the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, either.
"I don't know, probably like youth hockey. I don't honestly know," he said. "I never had four at BU or the program, so probably back in my Jr. Bruins days. It's been awhile."
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