Sabres at PHX, January 8, 2011 — W 2-1

2010-11 · Saturday, January 8

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Buffalo won 2-1 in overtime

WAR Box

Every skater who dressed, graded against the other skaters on the ice that night. A C is an ordinary NHL performance.

Team gradeCWon by 12G · 3A · 32 shots · 20 blocks

Production: C
Offense: C+
Defense: C-
Power play: A+
Penalty kill: A

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jordan Leopold	23:46	B	B	B	B-	A-	A-
Drew Stafford	15:58	B-	B	A+	F	A
Jason Pominville	16:33	B-	D+	B-	A-	A	A-
Thomas Vanek	16:18	B-	C-	B-	A-	A-
Tyler Ennis	21:09	B-	D	A+	C	A
Shaone Morrisonn	16:14	C+	C-	B-	B		A-
Tim Connolly	16:39	C+	D-	B	B+	A	B+
Jochen Hecht	20:29	C	D+	A-	F	A	A-
Steve Montador	22:46	C	F	B	B		A
Tyler Myers	21:57	C	D+	C+	C	A	C+
Craig Rivet	7:49	C	D+	C	C+
Mike Grier	17:28	C-	C-	C	C-		C+
Paul Gaustad	18:14	C-	D	D+	B-		C+
Cody McCormick	10:13	C-	D-	F	B+
Andrej Sekera	23:35	D+	D+	C-	D-	A	C
Rob Niedermayer	16:30	D+	D+	D	C-		C-
Chris Butler	10:06	D	F	D+	D+
Luke Adam	9:04	D-	D	D-	F	A

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	63:12	A	33	1	.970	+2.43

A grade compares a skater with everyone who played that night, adjusted for how he was used — heavier minutes and defensive-zone starts raise the bar. Goaltenders are graded against expectation instead, on goals saved above expected. How this is calculated

Box score

Skaters · 18

Player	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks
Jordan Leopold	23:46	1	1	2	4	3
Andrej Sekera	23:35	0	0	0	1	3
Steve Montador	22:46	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Myers	21:57	0	1	1	2	0
Tyler Ennis	21:09	0	0	0	6	0
Jochen Hecht	20:29	0	0	0	3	1
Paul Gaustad	18:14	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Grier	17:28	0	0	0	1	4
Tim Connolly	16:39	0	0	0	0	1
Jason Pominville	16:33	0	0	0	2	2
Rob Niedermayer	16:30	0	0	0	1	1
Thomas Vanek	16:18	0	1	1	2	0
Shaone Morrisonn	16:14	0	0	0	1	2
Drew Stafford	15:58	1	0	1	4	1
Cody McCormick	10:13	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Butler	10:06	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Adam	9:04	0	0	0	3	0
Craig Rivet	7:49	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	63:12	33	1	.970	+2.43