It had apparently been a while since the last time the Buffalo Sabres had two rookies score 20 goals in the same season.
That all changed Friday.
Sam Reinhart scored on the power play, giving him his 20th goal of the season and an early 1-0 lead for the Sabres. Fellow rookie Jack Eichel, 19, already has 22 goals this season, which puts him and Reinhart in rare company for that organization.
Sam Reinhart's goal is his 20th of the year. He and Jack Eichel are the 3rd pair of BUF rookies ever to record 20 goals in the same season.
— Sabres PR (@SabresPR) March 18, 2016
That makes it official -- Reinhart/Eichel are #Sabres first 20-goal rookie tandem since Gare-McNab in 1974-75.
— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) March 18, 2016