Sabres at Detroit Red Wings, December 23, 2014

2014-15 · Tuesday, December 23

BUF3

DET6

Buffalo lost 3-6

WAR Box

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

Team gradeDLost by 33G · 5A · 16 shots · 23 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Andre Benoit	11:33	C+	B	C-	B-		B
Nicolas Deslauriers	12:37	C	B	B-	F		D-
Drew Stafford	12:31	C	C	B-	D+	D	C+
Cody Hodgson	16:18	C	C	D	B	D
Chris Stewart	15:17	C	C+	D	B-	D
Mikhail Grigorenko	17:18	C	D+	C-	B	D	D-
Andrej Meszaros	12:34	C-	D-	C+	B-	D	D-
Tim Schaller	10:29	C-	D+	D+	C		C
Brian Flynn	15:22	C-	C+	C-	F	D	C
Joel Armia	14:47	D+	F	C+	C
Tyler Ennis	18:01	D+	D-	C-	C	D	C-
Nikita Zadorov	20:08	D+	D	D	C+	D
Mark Pysyk	20:35	D+	D	D	C+		D+
Zemgus Girgensons	19:31	D+	D	C-	D+	D	D+
Josh Gorges	26:49	D	D+	D-	D		C-
Patrick Kaleta	11:00	D	D	D-	D		C-
Johan Larsson	8:09	D	D	F	D	C
Rasmus Ristolainen	27:53	D-	D	F	D-	D	D+

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Michal NeuvirthL	60:00	D	39	6	.846	-1.80

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
Rasmus Ristolainen	27:53	0	0	0	0	3
Josh Gorges	26:49	0	0	0	0	4
Mark Pysyk	20:35	0	0	0	0	2
Nikita Zadorov	20:08	0	0	0	1	1
Zemgus Girgensons	19:31	0	0	0	2	2
Tyler Ennis	18:01	0	0	0	2	0
Mikhail Grigorenko	17:18	0	1	1	1	0
Cody Hodgson	16:18	0	1	1	0	2
Brian Flynn	15:22	0	2	2	0	1
Chris Stewart	15:17	1	0	1	2	0
Joel Armia	14:47	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	12:37	1	0	1	2	2
Andrej Meszaros	12:34	0	0	0	1	0
Drew Stafford	12:31	0	1	1	2	0
Andre Benoit	11:33	1	0	1	1	3
Patrick Kaleta	11:00	0	0	0	1	1
Tim Schaller	10:29	0	0	0	1	1
Johan Larsson	8:09	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Michal NeuvirthL	60:00	39	6	.846	-1.80