The Buffalo forward has 2 assists to extend his point streak to 6 games.
By Heather Engel / NHL.com Correspondent
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jack Eichel extended his point streak to six games with two assists in the Buffalo Sabres’ 3-1 win against the New York Islanders at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.
Jeff Skinner, Jason Pominville and Johan Larsson scored for Buffalo (28-21-7), which is 3-1-1 in its past five games. Linus Ullmark made 24 saves.
Casey Cizikas scored and former Sabre Robin Lehner made 19 saves for New York (33-17-6), which saw a 3-game winning streak end.
Skinner gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead from the top of the right circle through traffic at 16:25 of the first period. Eichel extended his point streak with an assist.
The Islanders capitalized on a turnover to tie it 1-1 when Cizikas took a pass from Matt Martin in the high slot with 23 seconds left in the first.
Eichel slid a backhand pass between Adam Pelech’s legs to Pominville in front for a tap-in at 6:49 of the second to give the Sabres a 2-1 lead.
Kyle Okposo’s shot from the slot trickled between Lehner’s pads, and Larsson pushed it in to extend it the Sabres lead to 3-1 with 2:25 remaining in the third period.