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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Jack Eichel finally made his season debut and gave the Buffalo Sabres a big boost.After missing the first 21 games due to sprained ankle just before the season opener, Eichel had a goal and an assist to help the Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Tuesday night.I was really excited and had a lot of energy waiting for the game to start, Eichel said. I think it helps a little bit when youre able to get a couple points on the power play at the beginning of the game. It kind of settles you down.Ryan OReilly had two goals and an assist for Buffalo, and Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart also scored.Its a momentum thing, OReilly said. You go out there and you watch (Eichels) line and theyre possessing and hes making plays and creating and coming on right after that its the same thing, you kind of feed off that.The power play too, once he gets the puck its so tough for people to get it off him.Robin Lehner started and gave up one goal on six shots before leaving late in the first period. Anders Nilsson replaced him and stopped 26 shots for Buffalo.Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said Lehner is day to day with a hip injury.Mike Hoffman had three goals and an assist for the Senators, and Mark Stone also scored in his 200th NHL game. Craig Anderson, making his sixth straight start, made 23 saves.Ottawa scored twice on the power play, but also gave up three while short-handed.We lost the special teams battle, Anderson said. At the end of the day youve got to win the special teams battle or tie it to give yourself a chance. Usually were pretty good, but we just werent able to shut those guys down for some reason.Senators coach Guy Boucher said his teams slow start was the difference.Thats what killed us, thats what sank us, Boucher said. I think our guys showed, like usual, a resiliency in coming back and we wanted it to be a one-goal game coming into the third so we did that. So we were only one goal behind, but then we didnt get the goal.OReilly extended Buffalos lead to 5-3 with a power-play goal with 3:17 left.Hoffman got the Senators within one on the games fifth power-play goal with 1:31 remaining to complete his hat trick with his seventh of the season, but that was as close as Ottawa got.Trailing 3-1, Stone got the Senators within one on a power-play goal at 8:20 of the second after pouncing on a loose puck. It gave him five goals and four assists in his last eight games.The Sabres restored their two-goal lead as Evander Kanes shot deflected past Anderson off Reinharts skate with 2:52 left in the second.Ottawa cut the lead again as Hoffman tipped Erik Karlssons shot just 43 seconds later.Buffalo opened the scoring 6:16 in with a power-play goal as Ottawas Cody Ceci tried to tie up Reinhart in front of the net, but instead had Okposos shot go in off his skate.Eichel scored his first, on the power play, 3:15 later.The Senators cut the lead in half as Hoffman buried Mark Borowieckis rebound with 6;13 left in the period, but the Sabres replied 31 seconds later as OReilly came into the slot and scored off his backhand.By the end of the game the Senators were without Bobby Ryan, who aggravated a hand injury early in the second and Marc Methot who suffered a lower body injury late in the second.Game notes Senators G Andrew Hammond was recalled early Tuesday and was a healthy scratch, as was LW Max McCormick and D Fredrik Claesson. ... 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Collingwood are concerned about defender Ben Sinclairs health after his fourth concussion this AFL season.Sinclair was taken to hospital as a precaution after he was knocked out in a collision with Jed Anderson during Friday nights loss to North Melbourne.Magpies coach Nathan Buckley said on Monday night that Sinclair would not play this Saturday against West Coast.We are really concerned about `Sinks and his long-term future in the game, Buckley told AFL360.Buckley compared Sinclair to Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli, whose running style was overhauled successfully after a number of serious hamstring injuries.The way that Cyril Rioli had to learn to run again, we might need to teach `Sinks to moderate his attack on the ball and the man, Buckley said.Hes a cannonball when he goes.Buckley said Sinclair could play aggain this season.ddddddddddddHe added that tests did not suggest that Sinclairs concussion issues were as serious as the problems that forced Brisbane defender Justin Clarke to retire earlier this season.All the tests that Ben has had dont suggest anything to that level, but at the same time, hes only just coming into his own, Buckley said.From a football standpoint, it would be great to see him have the opportunity to explore this confidence hes found and the belief in himself.Hes been one of our better performers in the last month.But I tell you what, it doesnt matter ... his long-term health is the absolute priority.Sinclair, 24, has played 63 games since his 2011 senior debut. 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