The Sabres came away with a 4-3 overtime win last night at home against San Jose. Jack Eichel had a big night, scoring the overtime winner in a four-point (2+2) performance.
Buffalo is now 8-1-1 on the season and 5-0-0 at KeyBank Center. The team will hit the road after today's practice for back-to-back games against the Rangers tomorrow and the Red Wings on Friday.
Their next home game is set for Monday against Arizona.
Here's what you need to know.

A look back at last night

From the Lexus Postgame Report…
Jack Eichel began his night against the San Jose Sharks with a scoring chance on his first shift. The Sabres captain caught a pass from linemate Sam Reinhart in tight to the net and chose to forego a shot, opting instead to send a return pass that skipped by Reinhart and out toward the blue line.
A similar play happened to begin the second period, when Eichel put his world-class skating on display during a rush to the net and again opted to attempt a pass to Reinhart. In both cases, he knew he had chances to shoot. And yes, he heard the fans telling him too.
Frustrated in the moment, he was able to smile about it after the game.
"I'm a pass-first guy, I always have been," Eichel said. "You know what, if I could go back to those first two plays, I would obviously like to shoot them. But you learn from it. I think after that I got it into my head if I get a chance around the net the puck was going there."

Any second guessing about his early opportunities was wiped away by the time Eichel finished his last shift, which ended with him pouncing on a loose puck in the crease and burying it in overtime. The Sabres won, 4-3. Eichel assisted on two of those goals and scored the others.
It was a trademark performance from the captain, who helped the Sabres continue their red-hot start to the season. Their 8-1-1 record matches the 1975-76 and 2009-10 teams for the second-best 10-game start in franchise history. They're 5-0 at home for the first time since 1984-85.
Read the full recap here.

More game notes

Courtesy of our friends at @SabresPR…
- Victor Olofsson recorded his ninth point of the season with an assist tonight. Rick Martin (1971-72), Phil Housley (1982-83) and Hannu Virta (1982-83) were the only rookies in Sabres history to tally more through the team's first 10 games of a season.

Amerks play tonight

From the Amerks.com Game Preview…
The oldest rivalry in the American Hockey League will be renewed tonight in Rochester when the Amerks (3-2-0-1) welcome the Hershey Bears (4-2-1-0) to The Blue Cross Arena for the only time this season. The puck drops on the 459th all-time meeting between the league's oldest teams at 7:05 p.m. with all the action being carried live on live on The Sports Leader AM 950/95.7 FM ESPN Rochester as well as AHLTV.
Rochester has earned seven out of a possible 12 points overall through the first six games of the 2019-20 season. All but one have been one-goal games, including a pair of wins beyond regulation. The Amerks are just one of two teams (Texas Stars) in the AHL this year to appear in three games that have been decided in the extra session and are the only team having won one game in overtime as well as a shootout.
For tickets and more information, visit Amerks.com.

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