BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Calling his season-opening injury a bad bounce, Sabres franchise center?Jack Eichel said he is trying to be patient while recovering from a high-ankle sprain.More than anything, its disappointing. You trained all summer, and youre just so excited for the season to get going, Eichel told reporters Friday inside the Sabres dressing room. Bad bounce. But its part of the game. Its something you have to deal with and deal with the right way.Eichel could be heard screaming in pain as he fell to the ice Wednesday morning near the end of practice, on the eve of the Sabres season-opening 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.Just felt my body kind of fall on top of my ankle and not go the way it should, said Eichel. Bad bounce, but hockey is a physical game, and injuries are part of it. More than anything, its how you handle it and how you return.The Sabres also lost first-line winger Evander Kane in Thursdays game after he slammed violently into the end boards. 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Keoghs 134 helped the home side post 355 for 6 before five wickets for Azharullah saw Durham bowled out for just 185.Keoghs career-best helped Northants to their third-highest List A total, a score they defended with ease after two early Richard Gleeson wickets and three from Azharullah that took out the middle order. None of the Durham batsmen were able to get the visitors into the chase and they were bowled out in 35.3 overs - taking a significant blow to their net run rate.Victory for Northants revived their campaign after only one win from three completed matches previously. Keogh was the star, his 134 the joint-seventh highest one-day score for the county. He rebuilt the innings in a stand of 149 with Rob Newton for the fourth wicket and went to his second fifty of the competition in 57 balls with six fours.But the acceleration towards a century was most impressive - it took only 31 balls with six further fours and a six, lifted over midwicket during an over from Scott Borthwick that was taken for 18. A long-hop was also pulled to the midwicket fence before a full toss was planted over mid-on. Another four came via a drive wide of the same fielder.A square-driven boundary backward of point brought Keoghs maiden century and an enthusiastic ovation. Keogh found the fence three more times before being caught at deep midwicket. It was a special innings.He shared a record fourth-wickket stand for Northants against Durham with Newton, whose 65 in 46 balls was his third List A fifty and best effort of the competition this year.dddddddddddd He skipped down the pitch to gracefully strike Ryan Pringle into the sightscreen for six, one of four maximums that also included a hook over deep square leg.Newtons was the third half-century of the inning after Josh Cobbs 56 gave Northants a heathy start. He turned the second ball of the innings for four, added consecutive boundaries off Chris Rushworths and lifted Jame Harrison for a handsome six over deep square leg. His second fifty in this years competition was raised in 53 balls with five fours and a second six, flicked over long leg. But, trying to force Borthwick down the ground, Cobb presented a return catch to the bowler.Cobbs wicket saw the innings stagnate as 19 runs came from the next six overs and captain Alex Wakely chipped Pringle tamely to midwicket for 11. It left Northants 133 for 3 after 27 overs before Keogh and Newton began a fine recovery. Rory Kleinveldt finished the innings off perfectly with 32 in 13 balls, including six fours.Early wickets were always likely to kill Durhams chase and Gleeson found two: Mark Stoneman hurried trying to pull, caught at mid-on, and Borthwick caught behind trying to leave. Phil Mustard also chipped a catch to mid-on for 20 and at 44 for 3, Durham were struggling. Azharullahs 5 for 43 ripped out the middle order and Graeme White chipped in with two more victims as Durham were rolled over. ' ' '