‘It what seemed like a cruel joke, Jack Eichel suffered a high-ankle sprain in practice yesterday. That seemed to take the wind out of the sails of all Buffalo sports fans. He will miss several weeks due to the injury, and is part of a group of key contributors missing tonight. However, Ryan O’Reilly is good enough to open the season on the ice. For more on O’Reilly and the team, click here for Paul Hamilton’s pregame primer.’