Sabres at Ottawa Senators, November 29, 2016

2016-17 · Tuesday, November 29

BUF5

OTT4

Buffalo won 5-4

WAR Box

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

Team gradeC+Won by 15G · 9A · 28 shots · 18 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Ryan O'Reilly	21:32	B	A	B+	C	A-	C
Rasmus Ristolainen	27:54	B-	C+	B-	B-	B	C+
Kyle Okposo	18:28	B-	B+	B-	D+	B+
Jack Eichel	17:08	C+	A-	C+	D	B-
Evander Kane	20:27	C+	C	B+	C	B-	C+
Sam Reinhart	17:18	C+	B	B-	D+	B+
Jake McCabe	21:35	C	D-	C+	A-		C-
Zemgus Girgensons	7:23	C	D+	C-	B-
Brian Gionta	15:36	C-	D-	C-	C	A	A
Matt Moulson	10:32	C-	F	D+	B+	C+
William Carrier	10:50	C-	D-	B+	F
Josh Gorges	18:25	C-	C-	D	D+		A-
Cody Franson	17:54	C-	D	D+	C-	A	B
Derek Grant	11:53	D+	D+	D-	C+		B+
Johan Larsson	13:39	D+	D-	D	B-		D
Marcus Foligno	11:39	D+	D+	D-	C-		B-
Taylor Fedun	16:15	D	F	D+	D	A-
Justin Falk	14:39	D	F	C-	D-		D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Anders Nilsson	41:59	C+	27	2	.926	+0.17
Robin LehnerW	17:48	C	6	1	.833	-0.35

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	27:54	0	2	2	3	3
Jake McCabe	21:35	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan O'Reilly	21:32	2	1	3	4	0
Evander Kane	20:27	0	1	1	2	2
Kyle Okposo	18:28	1	1	2	5	0
Josh Gorges	18:25	0	1	1	0	3
Cody Franson	17:54	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Reinhart	17:18	1	1	2	3	0
Jack Eichel	17:08	1	1	2	5	2
Taylor Fedun	16:15	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Gionta	15:36	0	0	0	0	1
Justin Falk	14:39	0	0	0	0	0
Johan Larsson	13:39	0	0	0	1	0
Derek Grant	11:53	0	0	0	1	3
Marcus Foligno	11:39	0	0	0	0	2
William Carrier	10:50	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Moulson	10:32	0	0	0	0	0
Zemgus Girgensons	7:23	0	0	0	2	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Anders Nilsson	41:59	27	2	.926	+0.17
Robin LehnerW	17:48	6	1	.833	-0.35