In what will go down as the best regular season of Jack Eichel’s career, he put himself in the Golden Knights’ record books the best way he knows how.

Pass the puck to the open teammate.

Eichel set the Knights’ single-season scoring record with an assist in Thursday’s 4-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

The center recorded the primary assist on center Nicolas Roy’s power-play goal at 12:00 of the first period. The helper was Eichel’s 79th point of the season, surpassing center William Karlsson’s 78 points set in the 2017-18 inaugural campaign.

Eichel, who also extended his point streak to seven games, is three points from tying his career high of 82 with the Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19.

“Just trying to help the team win every night, whatever that consists of,” Eichel said. “I’m trying to be responsible in our own end and contribute offensively at the same time.”

Goaltender Adin Hill made 27 saves for his second shutout in his past four starts, and fourth overall this season, as the Knights (39-19-7) bounced back from losing their previous two games.

Roy and left wing Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist each, and right wing Pavel Dorofeyev scored his 26th goal of the season. Center Tomas Hertl had two assists.

“We were just better. We played better. I think we were on top of them more,” coach Bruce Cassidy said. “You limit some of that part of their game, they got a little antsy, they’re behind. It opens up for us a little bit.”

Considering how the first period went, you wouldn’t think the Knights were the better team.

Columbus (31-26-8) dominated the first 20 minutes, holding a 32-9 edge in shot attempts and 14-6 in shots. The Knights didn’t record their first shot on goal until 12 minutes into the game.

That wound up being Roy’s power-play goal to give the Knights a 1-0 lead.

They didn’t have a five-on-five shot on goal until the 19-minute mark of the period. That came when Saad followed up his own rebound with a backhand in front of the crease at 19:01 to make it 2-0.

Meanwhile, Hill — who gave up every goal in Sunday’s 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings — redeemed himself by stopping all 14 Columbus shots.

“They came out pretty strong the first 10 minutes,” Eichel said. “That’s why you have a great goalie, and Hiller played well and gave us a chance to find our game.”

The Knights did, indeed, find their game. They outshot the Blue Jackets 23-13 in the final two periods.

Dorofeyev increased the lead to 3-0 at 12:17 of the second on his 26th goal of the season, and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo sealed the final score with an empty-netter with 4:22 remaining.

“We did work hard to keep it clean for the most part, managing the puck, once we got to our game,” Cassidy said.

The Knights needed a late rally to earn a point Tuesday in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but they responded by holding a top offensive team to nothing.

They’ve earned three of four points on this eastern road trip, which continues Saturday against the Sabres.

Three takeaways from the win:

1. Hill shuts door

Despite giving up the six goals Sunday, Hill has been stellar since before the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Hill improved to 5-1-0 over his past six starts and has posted a .940 save percentage and 1.68 goals against. He’s allowed one goal or fewer in four of those starts.

Hill’s play has come at an ideal time amid Ilya Samsonov’s struggles (.846 save percentage, 3.21 GAA in his past five starts). There’s no need to worry about the No. 1 netminder at the moment.

“We weren’t on time with our start,” Cassidy said. “Obviously, Adin kept us in it early.”

2. Special teams the difference

Roy’s goal was another feather in the cap for the Knights’ stellar power play, now at 29 percent on the year and second in the league.

The penalty kill made the biggest impact.

The Knights killed a four-minute power play by way of a high-sticking double-minor from Dorofeyev at 14:13 of the first. Hill faced only one shot during that session.

Columbus goaltender Elvis Merzlikins had to make two of his biggest saves on that kill — one on Reilly Smith cutting to the net, and then an extended save on Roy on a two-on-one.

3. Howden, Barbashev back

Left wing Ivan Barbashev and center Brett Howden returned to the lineup after both missed Tuesday’s game due to personal reasons.

Both returned to their third-line roles, but neither had a shot on goal. Right wing Keegan Kolesar supplied the line’s offensive output with two.

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