Sabres’ Eichel picks up 50th point with snipe vs. Jets

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.

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.

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