Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning, October 17, 2015

2015-16 · Saturday, October 17

BUF1

TBL2

Buffalo lost 1-2

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 11G · 1A · 32 shots · 12 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Tyler Ennis	18:45	B+	C	A+	B	B
Sam Reinhart	15:43	B	C+	A+	C	B
Ryan O'Reilly	23:13	B-	C-	A+	C+	B	C+
Josh Gorges	21:55	B-	D	A	B+		D+
Rasmus Ristolainen	23:57	B-	C-	A-	B+	C-	D+
Mark Pysyk	15:03	C	D	B	C+	C	D-
Matt Moulson	16:23	C	F	D-	A+	B
Evander Kane	21:23	C-	D+	D	B	C-	D
Zemgus Girgensons	13:51	C-	C-	F	A-	D+	C+
Cody Franson	20:27	C-	F	D+	B+	B	B-
Jack Eichel	18:23	C-	D	C-	C+	C
Jamie McGinn	8:46	C-	D	C+	C-	C-
Jake McCabe	16:26	C-	F	B-	C	C	B-
Nicolas Deslauriers	5:30	C-	F	C	B-
Mike Weber	16:28	D+	F	C-	C+		C
David Legwand	10:21	D+	F	C	C		C
Marcus Foligno	10:44	D+	D-	F	B	C
Brian Gionta	18:02	D+	D-	D	C+	C	C-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonL	57:00	B-	22	2	.909	+0.40

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	23:57	0	0	0	3	3
Ryan O'Reilly	23:13	0	0	0	5	1
Josh Gorges	21:55	0	0	0	0	2
Evander Kane	21:23	0	0	0	3	1
Cody Franson	20:27	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Ennis	18:45	0	1	1	7	0
Jack Eichel	18:23	0	0	0	4	0
Brian Gionta	18:02	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Weber	16:28	0	0	0	0	2
Jake McCabe	16:26	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Moulson	16:23	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Reinhart	15:43	1	0	1	3	0
Mark Pysyk	15:03	0	0	0	0	2
Zemgus Girgensons	13:51	0	0	0	2	1
Marcus Foligno	10:44	0	0	0	1	0
David Legwand	10:21	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie McGinn	8:46	0	0	0	2	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	5:30	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonL	57:00	22	2	.909	+0.40