Buffalo Sabres rookie Jack Eichel earned his 50th point of the season with a sizzling wrister against the Winnipeg Jets.
Eichel received a no-look, behind-the-back pass from Sam Reinhart before walking in and firing the puck past the glove of Michael Hutchinson.
Points? Eichel's got 50. #WPGvsBUFhttps://t.co/ncyVQ7wQ1c
ā NHL (@NHL) March 26, 2016
With his goal today, Jack Eichel is the ninth Sabres rookie to record 50 points in a season (23G, 27A) in franchise history.
ā Sabres PR (@SabresPR) March 26, 2016
The goal makes Eichel the first Sabres rookie to hit the 50-point mark since Derek Plante in the 1993-94 season, and the youngest Sabres rookie to hit the mark since Phil Housley during the 1982-83 campaign.
Eichel's goal would hold up as the game-winner, giving him five such goals this season. He's now one game-winner away from matching Donald Audette's franchise-rookie record.
