BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo center Josh Norris matched his career-best single game points total in the Sabres' 5-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night, making a triumphant return to the lineup after suffering an upper-body injury in the team's season opener.

Norris scored two goals and assisted on the opening tally 2:46 into the game. His second goal gave the Sabres a commanding 5-1 lead less than a minute into the third period.

It was Norris' sixth three-point game and his first since Jan. 30 against Washington while playing for Ottawa.

That same game was the last time he also had a goal and an assist in the opening period.

The 26-year-old Norris, a first-round draft pick by the San Jose Sharks in 2017, has struggled with injuries and appeared in only his fifth game with

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