Jack Eichel scores in NHL debut, but Senators top Sabres
Kyle Turris scored twice and the Ottawa Senators won a coach’s challenge to overturn a goal by Buffalo in the third period to hang on for a 3-1 victory over the Sabres in the teams’ season opener on Thursday night in Buffalo.
The game’s outcome was essentially decided with 9:26 remaining, when Buffalo’s Evander Kane scored on a wraparound which would have tied the game. Senators coach Dave Cameron challenged the goal, and a video review showed Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons was offside when Buffalo entered the zone.
Kane’s disallowed goal came 83 seconds after Sabres 18-year-old rookie star centre Jack Eichel scored on the power-play, his first NHL goal, to get the sold-out crowd on its feet.
Eichel was selected second-overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
Curtis Lazar sealed the victory by scoring into an open net with 1:04 left.
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