Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, April 14, 2011

First Round, Game 1 · Thursday, April 14

BUF1

PHI0

Buffalo won 1-0

WAR Box

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

Team gradeD-Won by 11G · 2A · 25 shots · 16 blocks

Production: D
Offense: D-
Defense: F
Power play: F
Penalty kill: C+

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Rob Niedermayer	10:13	C	C-	C-	B-	C	B+
Patrick Kaleta	12:24	C	B-	C	D		B-
Marc-Andre Gragnani	19:28	C	B-	F	B-	D	B-
Mike Grier	11:33	C-	D	C+	C+	C	D+
Steve Montador	17:55	C-	D	B-	C		D
Shaone Morrisonn	13:22	C-	D-	C+	C-		B
Cody McCormick	9:19	C-	D	C	C-
Paul Gaustad	19:08	C-	C-	C-	D-	C-	C-
Chris Butler	26:04	D+	D-	B	F	D+	C
Tyler Ennis	13:09	D+	C-	D+	D+	D+
Mike Weber	20:34	D+	D-	D	B-		C+
Drew Stafford	16:49	D+	D	D+	D+	D	B+
Nathan Gerbe	12:17	D+	D	C	D-
Tyler Myers	22:20	D+	D-	C+	F	C-	C-
Jason Pominville	16:56	D	D+	D	D-	D	B-
Brad Boyes	15:46	D	D-	D+	D+	C-
Thomas Vanek	13:28	D	D	D	D+	D	B+
Tim Connolly	17:15	D	D-	D-	C-	D	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	60:00	A+	32	0	1.000	+3.84

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
Chris Butler	26:04	0	0	0	1	1
Tyler Myers	22:20	0	0	0	1	1
Mike Weber	20:34	0	0	0	1	0
Marc-Andre Gragnani	19:28	0	1	1	3	2
Paul Gaustad	19:08	0	1	1	2	2
Steve Montador	17:55	0	0	0	0	3
Tim Connolly	17:15	0	0	0	2	0
Jason Pominville	16:56	0	0	0	1	1
Drew Stafford	16:49	0	0	0	4	0
Brad Boyes	15:46	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Vanek	13:28	0	0	0	2	0
Shaone Morrisonn	13:22	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Ennis	13:09	0	0	0	2	1
Patrick Kaleta	12:24	1	0	1	2	0
Nathan Gerbe	12:17	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Grier	11:33	0	0	0	0	1
Rob Niedermayer	10:13	0	0	0	1	2
Cody McCormick	9:19	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	60:00	32	0	1.000	+3.84