For Jack Eichel, the pixie dust just keeps on flowing.

The day after Thanksgiving it was the Hayes’ brigade heading up the Expressway from Dorchester to TD Garden for the much-anticipated brothers Jimmy and Kevin squaring off in the matinee between the Bruins and Rangers.

The day after Christmas, it was the Eichel entourage trekking down Rt. 93 from Eichel’s hometown of Chelmsford.

“Too many to count,” Bob Eichel said as he watched son Jack at Saturday morning’s practice at TD Garden. “You wouldn’t believe it. It would be maybe 50 [coming to the game]. We got a suite and my buddies got a suite and the rest were on their own for tickets.”

Talk about the consummate gift for the hockey mom and dad – before – and after Christmas.

“Yeah, it’s pretty cool with [Center Ice]. We watched every Bruins game our whole life. Now a lot of my friends text me about the Buffalo games. [Buffalo] is a great fit. People really like him,” the elder Eichel said. “My wife and I got out there a few times. We were at the mall and 91-year-old lady stopped to take pictures with him. It’s a nice area for him —- and nice for us – flew home from Buffalo for 39 dollars.”

For Jack Eichel — and family and friends — can it get any nicer than last year’s continuum of pinch-me experiences for the 19-year-old phenom?

Yes, it can – and it did!

A year ago this week, Eichel is leading his U.S. World Junior team to the medal round. February, he sets up the winning goal for Boston University’s Beanpot championship; March, BU wins the Hockey East championship.

Then winning the Hobey Baker Award on April 10 and coming within a goal of the NCAA national championship the next night in the 4-3 loss to Providence. All capped off with being tabbed No. 2 overall by Buffalo in the June Entry Draft.

April 11 was the last time the 6-foot-2, 205 pound center touched TD ice until Saturday. For Eichel, however, his “Gahden” ties run deeper than NCAA play.

“My fourth birthday was my first Bruins’ game,” Eichel reflected to the media throng Saturday. “Mats Sundin scored in overtime to beat the Bruins. I got tickets for my dad one year and we came to a Bruins-Canadiens game. There were all kinds of fights and only 10 guys left on each bench. That was crazy. Obviously last year we had a lot of good ones. This building has been pretty good to me.

“It’s pretty exciting [today], growing up and going to the Bruins games. I’ve played in the Garden and now I get to do it against the Bruins. There’ll be some nerves but there’s nerves for every game, but a whole lot of people supporting me.”

“He’s worked hard to be better defensively,” dad assessed. “In college, you’ve got a second or two to make some decisions; here, no.”

Into Saturday night, 34 games so far and Eichel has 9-7-16 and a minus-6. At BU, he put up 26-45-71 and a plus-51 in 40 games.

“Every week, it’s a grind mentally and physically,” Eichel said. “The last few games I think I’m getting better.”

“We all want to come out and play well for each other and for [Jack],” former Bruins backup goaltender and now Sabres’ starter Chad Johnson said about Saturday night’s encounter. “Growing up being a Bruins’ fan, this is pretty special playing against them. It’s unbelievable how much pressure is on him.”

“Break was great,” Eichel said. “Got to go home, see a lot of family and friends – my first Christmas in Chelmsford in a few years. It’s nice to wake up in your own house on Christmas. Now we’re past Christmas and looking at 2016.”

Eichel was named to Saturday’s starting lineup by Sabres’ coach Dan Bylsma. “[Jack] probably will start,” he said. “Just keep an eye on the situation. A situation of him being back in his hometown, maybe we do ride him.”

Ride Eichel, Bylsma and company did. Eichel assisted on the first goal of the game by Evander Kane to give the Sabres a brief, 1-0, lead. Boston would take a 2-1 lead into Period 3 and a 3-1 lead at 6:59, before Eichel and colleagues would blow the game up with three goals in a span of 4:03 and then two empty-netters in the five-goal third period and 6-3 shocking final. Eichel ended the game with two goals and two assists, all good for the game’s No. 1 star in his 17:42 of ice time.

“I haven’t seen Jack skate that fast yet this year,” Bylsma said after. “The one for the empty net there, the sixth goal that then turns up being [Ryan] O’Reilly’s goal.”

“He’s only going to get better,” Johnson said about Eichel.

“I don’t think we have to think too much about how good this guy is,” Claude Julien said about Eichel Saturday morning, “and the impact that he will have and even more down the road. He’s a gifted player.”

Saturday night, Julien had little to say about anything in his abbreviated postgame comments after his team’s meltdown.

Saturday morning, Frank Vatrano, who played two games against Eichel last year at UMass, said: “UMass had a tough time defending [Jack] last year. But we’ll do a better job tonight.”

Not quite, as the celebration continues in Chelmsford.