The team captain scores 2 goals as Carter Hutton makes 35 saves for Buffalo.
By Heather Engel / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jack Eichel scored two goals for the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights at KeyBank Center at Monday.
Jason Pominville and Marco Scandella scored, and Carter Hutton made 35 saves for Buffalo, which has won two in a row after losing its season opener.
Erik Haula and Jonathan Marchessault scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 13 saves for Vegas.
Eichel gave the Sabres a 1-0 lead at 14:31 of the first period with a one-timer from the left circle on the power play. He extended the lead to 2-0 after he received a pass from Sam Reinhart in the slot, deked Fleury and scored on the backhand at 4:58 of the second period.
Haula made it 2-1 when his shot from the top of the circle deflected off Sabres defenseman Jake McCabe at 7:48, but Scandella scored 27 seconds later with a point shot through traffic to make it 3-1.
Pominville scored his first of the season at 9:43 to make it 4-1 on a one-timer from the low slot. Marchessault cut it to 4-2 at 10:47 of the third period with a shot from high the slot.