Sabres vs Washington Capitals, December 9, 2016

2016-17 · Friday, December 9

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Buffalo lost 1-4

WAR Box

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

Team gradeD+Lost by 31G · 2A · 27 shots · 7 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Kyle Okposo	22:27	B-	C-	B-	A	C-
Ryan O'Reilly	24:19	B-	C-	B	A-	C-	B-
William Carrier	10:25	B-	F	A	A-
Zemgus Girgensons	10:07	C+	D	C-	A-	B-
Cody Franson	17:35	C	D+	C+	B-	C	D+
Jake McCabe	21:05	C	D-	B	B	D+	C
Rasmus Ristolainen	30:11	C-	D	C+	C	C-	B
Marcus Foligno	14:08	C-	C	D	C	A-	B
Dmitry Kulikov	18:23	C-	D-	C	B-	B	D
Nicolas Deslauriers	5:48	C-	F	B-	C+
Evander Kane	17:50	C-	D	B+	D	D+	B-
Matt Moulson	9:53	D+	F	F	B-	D+
Josh Gorges	16:13	D	D-	D	D		B+
Justin Falk	10:22	D	D	D	D+
Johan Larsson	14:33	D	F	D-	C	A-	B+
Brian Gionta	16:59	D	D-	D	D	D+	B
Jack Eichel	19:14	D	D	D+	F	C-	C+
Sam Reinhart	17:01	D	D-	C	F	C-	C-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:48	D+	28	3	.893	-1.40

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	30:11	0	1	1	3	0
Ryan O'Reilly	24:19	0	1	1	3	0
Kyle Okposo	22:27	1	0	1	2	0
Jake McCabe	21:05	0	0	0	2	0
Jack Eichel	19:14	0	0	0	2	1
Dmitry Kulikov	18:23	0	0	0	0	1
Evander Kane	17:50	0	0	0	5	0
Cody Franson	17:35	0	0	0	2	1
Sam Reinhart	17:01	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Gionta	16:59	0	0	0	2	0
Josh Gorges	16:13	0	0	0	0	1
Johan Larsson	14:33	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Foligno	14:08	0	0	0	3	2
William Carrier	10:25	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Falk	10:22	0	0	0	0	1
Zemgus Girgensons	10:07	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Moulson	9:53	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	5:48	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:48	28	3	.893	-1.40