Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, March 29, 2016 — OTL 4-5

2015-16 · Tuesday, March 29

BUF4

PIT5

Buffalo lost 4-5 in overtime

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 14G · 6A · 30 shots · 22 blocks

Production: B+
Offense: F
Defense: F
Power play: F
Penalty kill: F

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Zach Bogosian	24:26	C+	B	B-	D+	C	C-
Ryan O'Reilly	21:37	C	C+	B-	C-	D-	C+
Johan Larsson	19:15	C	B	D	C+	C+	B-
Casey Nelson	14:05	C	B	F	C+	C+
Jake McCabe	19:21	C	B-	C	D-		C-
Brian Gionta	19:24	C-	D+	D+	B-	C	D-
Matt Moulson	11:03	C-	B	D	D-	C
Marcus Foligno	16:22	C-	C-	D-	C+		D-
Jack Eichel	20:52	C-	D	B-	D+	D-
Josh Gorges	21:59	D+	D+	D	C-		C-
Rasmus Ristolainen	29:10	D+	C-	C-	D-	C	D+
David Legwand	9:51	D+	D	D+	D		C
Sam Reinhart	19:33	D+	D	C-	D	D-
Zemgus Girgensons	12:31	D	D+	F	D
Cal O'Reilly	8:59	D-	F	D+	D+	D-
Mark Pysyk	13:30	D-	D-	F	D+		D-
Nicolas Deslauriers	13:15	D-	D+	D	F
Hudson Fasching	11:47	D-	D-	F	D-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonOTL	65:00	B-	46	4	.913	+0.61

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	29:10	0	0	0	4	3
Zach Bogosian	24:26	1	1	2	4	2
Josh Gorges	21:59	0	0	0	1	3
Ryan O'Reilly	21:37	1	1	2	3	0
Jack Eichel	20:52	0	0	0	3	0
Sam Reinhart	19:33	0	0	0	1	1
Brian Gionta	19:24	0	0	0	2	2
Jake McCabe	19:21	1	0	1	2	2
Johan Larsson	19:15	0	2	2	2	2
Marcus Foligno	16:22	0	0	0	2	1
Casey Nelson	14:05	0	2	2	0	2
Mark Pysyk	13:30	0	0	0	1	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	13:15	0	0	0	0	3
Zemgus Girgensons	12:31	0	0	0	0	1
Hudson Fasching	11:47	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Moulson	11:03	1	0	1	2	0
David Legwand	9:51	0	0	0	2	0
Cal O'Reilly	8:59	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonOTL	65:00	46	4	.913	+0.61