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Sabres Notebook: Ryan O’Reilly again producing for losing club

‘O’Reilly has 13 goals and 32 points in 34 games, on pace for career highs in both goals (31) and points (77). He’s fourth in the NHL in faceoff percentage (59.4) and victories (461). His Corsi rating of 51.3 percent is the highest it’s been in six years and he has a plus-minus rating of plus-3, which is remarkable on a losing team and a huge improvement from his career-worst minus-23 last year in Buffalo.’

Former Sabre Ryan O’Reilly producing for Blues amid losing season

‘“I feel for him being in that situation again. It’s hard,” said former Sabres goalie Chad Johnson, who played 10 games with St. Louis earlier this season. “Everybody looks like garbage when you’re on a losing team. When everyone wins, everyone looks great. It’s a tough situation for him.”‘

Calling all goal scorers!

‘Outside of Skinner, Eichel and Reinhart, the next two players on the team in points are defensemen — Rasmus Ristolainen and Rasmus Dahlin. Even with those two players, close to half of their production on the year has come on the power play, when they are on the ice with the top line. Both Ristolainen and Dahlin each only have four goals on the year.’

Jack Eichel Wants It All as the Sabres Rediscover Relevancy

‘”Everyone’s going out of their way to stop you and tell you how proud they are,” he says. “Even when things were bad, I really credit this city for being patient. I’m from Boston. It’s not that way there at all.” Indeed, Eichel was born into a generation practically baptized with champagne. The Curse of the Bambino was broken on the eve of his eighth birthday and nothing was ever the same. “I saw the Sox win in ’07 and ’13, the Celtics when they had the Big Three, the Patriots win a million times,” Eichel says. “The equipment guys here joke that I grew up spoiled.”‘