Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers, April 16, 2011

First Round, Game 2 · Saturday, April 16

BUF4

PHI5

Buffalo lost 4-5

WAR Box

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

Team gradeCLost by 14G · 7A · 27 shots · 15 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Cody McCormick	8:47	B-	A-	B	C	A-	C+
Thomas Vanek	16:48	C+	B	C	C-	B	B-
Rob Niedermayer	12:46	C+	C-	D+	A	A-	D-
Tim Connolly	22:39	C+	C-	B-	C+	B	C
Drew Stafford	16:44	C	C	C+	D	B	A-
Mike Grier	13:39	C	C-	B+	D+	A-	D+
Marc-Andre Gragnani	17:26	C	C+	C	C-	B	D
Jason Pominville	21:16	C	D+	C-	B	B	C+
Chris Butler	27:08	C	D	D+	A+	B	C-
Andrej Sekera	11:07	C	B+	C-	D-	C-	C+
Mike Weber	17:58	C	C-	B-	D-	C	B-
Patrick Kaleta	8:49	C	C+	D-	B-		D
Tyler Myers	23:23	C-	D-	D-	A	B	C
Brad Boyes	12:03	D+	F	C	C-	C-
Steve Montador	15:42	D+	D-	C-	D	C	B-
Tyler Ennis	10:21	D+	D-	C+	D	C
Paul Gaustad	18:49	D+	F	F	C+	C+	B
Nathan Gerbe	6:30	D-	F	D-	D	B-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:46	D	34	5	.853	-1.83

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	27:08	0	0	0	3	1
Tyler Myers	23:23	0	0	0	1	1
Tim Connolly	22:39	0	1	1	3	2
Jason Pominville	21:16	0	1	1	2	1
Paul Gaustad	18:49	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Weber	17:58	0	0	0	1	3
Marc-Andre Gragnani	17:26	0	1	1	2	3
Thomas Vanek	16:48	2	0	2	3	0
Drew Stafford	16:44	0	1	1	5	0
Steve Montador	15:42	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Grier	13:39	0	1	1	1	0
Rob Niedermayer	12:46	0	1	1	1	0
Brad Boyes	12:03	0	0	0	1	0
Andrej Sekera	11:07	1	0	1	1	3
Tyler Ennis	10:21	0	0	0	1	0
Patrick Kaleta	8:49	0	1	1	1	0
Cody McCormick	8:47	1	0	1	1	0
Nathan Gerbe	6:30	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:46	34	5	.853	-1.83