{"id":64223,"date":"2019-12-20T12:08:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T17:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=64223"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T04:12:20","slug":"buffalo-sabres-jack-eichel-to-miss-time-due-to-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/12\/20\/buffalo-sabres-jack-eichel-to-miss-time-due-to-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo Sabres Jack Eichel to Miss Time Due to Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sabres\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> announced that star forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/strong> is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury. He was scratched from the lineup just prior to Thursday night&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>. The news was announced late Thursday evening before the puck dropped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sabres forward Jack Eichel will miss tonight\u2019s game due to an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Buffalo Sabres PR (@SabresPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SabresPR\/status\/1207811610145886209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a> to Miss Time With Injury<\/h2>\n<p>An injury of any sort is devastating for a player of Eichel&#8217;s calibre. The 23-year-old is one of a small number of players who has eclipsed the 50 point mark this year in the season. Eichel has 24 goals and 50 points in just 35 games. This is the sort of season that puts players in the Hart Trophy conversation. He is on pace to easily surpass last year&#8217;s 82 point effort with a sizzling 1.43 points per game. Prior to this injury, Eichel was on a 17 game point streak.<\/p>\n<p>Eichel has been one of the team&#8217;s brightest bright spots since he was drafted second overall in the 2015 draft behind <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a><\/strong>. He has 309 points in 321 career games and is a huge part of why Buffalo is second in the Atlantic Division behind only the Boston Bruins. However, the Sabres will need to battle to remain in that spot. Four other teams including the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> are within two points of taking Buffalo&#8217;s place in the standings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloVogl\/status\/1207857860631236608\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Head coach Ralph Krueger said on Eichel<\/a>, &#8220;It was something that evolved in warm-ups, so we\u2018ll just look at the situation and get back to you tomorrow on that. &#8230; Let\u2019s not speak about the specifics right now. We\u2019ll fill you in once we\u2019ve assessed the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>It is unclear what is troubling Eichel so we do not know how long he might be out. The Sabres will hope that Eichel is back as soon as possible. He has been far and away their best player this season. Eichel has been a large reason why the Sabres have done so well this season, and they would hope that he won&#8217;t miss any major time as it could have serious implications for the playoff picture.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"MQdWk22wSxtG-bOsDiVJSw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1194745801\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'MQdWk22wSxtG-bOsDiVJSw',sig:'-uGou8YbIYUojVb7jMy0Z7hke4jcWgL2mGqOj5L3Rx4=',w:'594px',h:'457px',items:'1194745801',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Buffalo Sabres announced that star forward Jack Eichel is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury. He was scratched from the lineup just prior to Thursday night&#8217;s game against the Philadelphia Flyers. The news was announced late Thursday evening before the puck dropped. 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