Sabres at New Jersey Devils, December 28, 2011

2011-12 · Wednesday, December 28

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Buffalo lost 1-3

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-Lost by 21G · 2A · 23 shots · 8 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Thomas Vanek	18:23	C	C	B+	D-	B	C+
Jason Pominville	20:59	C-	C-	B-	D+	C	B-
Brayden McNabb	22:08	C-	D-	C+	C	A
Jochen Hecht	17:57	C-	F	B	C-	A	B-
Mike Weber	21:27	C-	D-	D	A-	A-	D
Christian Ehrhoff	24:52	C-	D+	B-	D	C+	C+
Derek Roy	21:20	C-	F	D	B-	A-	D
Jordan Leopold	24:42	C-	D	D+	C+	C+	D
Brad Boyes	18:30	C-	F	D-	B	A-
Paul Gaustad	7:59	D+	D	D+	C-		D+
Cody McCormick	6:46	D+	D	D	C
Luke Adam	13:54	D+	D-	D+	C-	A
Drew Stafford	19:31	D+	D	F	C+	C-	D
Patrick Kaleta	8:26	D+	D-	D+	C-		D+
Zack Kassian	12:19	D	D	C	F	A-	C+
Andrej Sekera	7:47	D	D-	C-	D-	A	C
Matt Ellis	13:03	D	D-	C-	D-	A-
Robyn Regehr	17:25	D	F	C	D-	B-	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:32	C-	23	3	.870	-0.90

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
Christian Ehrhoff	24:52	0	0	0	2	1
Jordan Leopold	24:42	0	1	1	1	0
Brayden McNabb	22:08	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Weber	21:27	0	0	0	1	1
Derek Roy	21:20	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Pominville	20:59	0	0	0	5	1
Drew Stafford	19:31	0	1	1	0	0
Brad Boyes	18:30	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Vanek	18:23	1	0	1	2	0
Jochen Hecht	17:57	0	0	0	0	0
Robyn Regehr	17:25	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Adam	13:54	0	0	0	3	0
Matt Ellis	13:03	0	0	0	1	0
Zack Kassian	12:19	0	0	0	5	0
Patrick Kaleta	8:26	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Gaustad	7:59	0	0	0	0	2
Andrej Sekera	7:47	0	0	0	0	1
Cody McCormick	6:46	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:32	23	3	.870	-0.90