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Sabres captain Eichel nursing upper-body injury
Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel will sit out Friday's practice with an upper-body injury, the team announced.
Eichel is considered day-to-day with the injury he sustained while training.
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Eichel, 24, recorded a career-high 36 goals to go along with team-best totals in assists (42) and points (78) in 68 games last season. He also pieced together a 17-game point streak during the campaign.
Eichel is entering the third season of an eight-year, $80 million contract signed prior to the 2018-19 campaign.
Eichel has collected 337 points (137 goals, 200 assists) in 354 career games since being selected by the Sabres with the second overall pick of the 2015 NHL Draft.
He was the 2015 Hobey Baker Award recipient as the top men's hockey player in the NCAA while at Boston University.