Sabres at Washington Capitals, December 30, 2011

2011-12 · Friday, December 30

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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 gradeBLost by 21G · 2A · 24 shots · 9 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jochen Hecht	19:37	A-	B-	A+	A	B	B-
Jason Pominville	18:34	B+	C+	A+	B+	D+	C
Brayden McNabb	21:29	B+	D	A+	A		C-
Thomas Vanek	17:02	B	C-	A+	B+	D+
Jordan Leopold	25:58	B	D-	A+	A+	D+	C-
Marc-Andre Gragnani	19:54	B-	D-	B+	A	B
Zack Kassian	16:18	C+	D	A	C+
Mike Weber	22:49	C+	D-	A-	B-		C
Matt Ellis	13:14	C+	D	A+	C-
Robyn Regehr	21:25	C+	D+	B+	C		C
Brad Boyes	13:06	C+	D-	B-	B+	B
Cody McCormick	8:54	C	D	C	B+
Drew Stafford	17:35	C	D-	D+	A+	D+	C+
Luke Adam	10:22	C	F	B-	B+	B
Paul Gaustad	13:51	C	D	B	C-		C-
Derek Roy	15:28	C	D-	B-	C+	B	D-
Patrick Kaleta	15:17	C-	D-	D	A-		C-
Christian Ehrhoff	7:23	D	D-	D-	D	D+	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:29	D+	21	3	.857	-1.18

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	25:58	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Weber	22:49	0	0	0	0	1
Brayden McNabb	21:29	0	0	0	1	1
Robyn Regehr	21:25	0	0	0	2	1
Marc-Andre Gragnani	19:54	0	0	0	0	1
Jochen Hecht	19:37	1	0	1	5	1
Jason Pominville	18:34	0	1	1	2	1
Drew Stafford	17:35	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Vanek	17:02	0	1	1	2	0
Zack Kassian	16:18	0	0	0	3	0
Derek Roy	15:28	0	0	0	1	0
Patrick Kaleta	15:17	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Gaustad	13:51	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Ellis	13:14	0	0	0	2	0
Brad Boyes	13:06	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Adam	10:22	0	0	0	0	0
Cody McCormick	8:54	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Ehrhoff	7:23	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:29	21	3	.857	-1.18