Thompson's 5 goals tie Sabres' single-game high

Buffalo Sabres guardant Tage Thompson tied a franchise grounds with 5 goals against the big Columbus Blue Jackets connected Wednesday night.

Thompson tied the people astatine 16:07 of the 2nd period, which enactment the Sabres up 7-2 connected their mode to a 9-4 win. It was his 21st extremity of the season. He became the 2nd Buffalo subordinate with 5 goals successful a game, joining Dave Andreychuk, who accomplished the feat against the Boston Bruins connected Feb. 6, 1986.

Thompson's 5 goals are the second-most successful a roadworthy game. Only Red Berenson of the St. Louis Blues had more, scoring six astatine the Philadelphia Flyers connected Nov. 7, 1968.

Through 2 periods, Thompson had six points.

"It's decidedly a rewarding feeling," Thompson said. "You've spent a batch of years moving to get to this constituent and to beryllium rewarded for it is simply a beauteous bully feeling and it conscionable leaves you hungrier."

Thompson helped unfastened the scoring with a secondary assistance connected Dylan Cozens' power-play extremity astatine 3:21 of the archetypal period. He started his onslaught of goals astatine 5:32 of the period, connected an assistance from Alex Tuch. After defenseman Rasmus Dahlin made it 3-0, Thompson scored again conscionable 22 seconds aboriginal connected different assistance from Tuch. Thompson's 3rd and 4th goals of the play came 4:18 apart, some connected powerfulness plays.

"That was an astonishing show by Tage, and really, the full radical acceptable the table," Sabres manager Don Granato said. "I thought the energy, the corporate effort, the absorption to commencement was truly bully and enabled that to happen."

Thompson scored 4 goals successful conscionable 5:14 of crystal time. He became the archetypal Sabres subordinate to people 4 goals and gain 5 points successful a period. Thompson became the 4th subordinate successful NHL past to people 4 goals successful the archetypal period, the past being Petr Bondra of the Washington Capitals successful 1994.

"We didn't person an reply for that 1 line," Blue Jackets manager Brad Larsen said. "Tage Thompson conscionable tore america up tonight."

The astir points scored successful an NHL regular-season crippled is 10 by Darryl Sittler of the Toronto Maple Leafs connected Feb. 7, 1976. The astir goals scored successful an NHL crippled is seven, acceptable by Joe Malone of the Quebec Bulldogs successful 1920.