The Buffalo Sabres current five-game winning streak is eye-brow raising for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons is how they’re doing it without a single goal from their best player, Jack Eichel.
In fact, through the first 20 games played in a season, this is the lowest goal total (four) Eichel has had in his four-year career. Even though he’s not putting the puck in the net, the 22-year-old center leads the team in points with 22 and is tied for 22nd in the entire league in points.
Still, you hear the clamoring for Eichel to shoot more and a $10 million player should be on pace for more than 16 goals in a season.