Sabres at Boston Bruins, December 31, 2016 — L 1-3

2016-17 · Saturday, December 31

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BOS3

Buffalo lost 1-3

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+Lost by 21G · 2A · 26 shots · 14 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Kyle Okposo	20:36	B+	C	A-	A+	C
Brian Gionta	18:44	B+	D-	A+	A+	A	B
Sam Reinhart	21:02	B+	D	A	A+	B
Zach Bogosian	23:54	B	D-	B	A+	C	B+
Evander Kane	17:29	B-	D	A+	C-	B+	C
Jake McCabe	25:29	C+	D-	B+	B+	A	B
Jack Eichel	21:44	C+	C	D-	A	B	D
Rasmus Ristolainen	28:56	C+	D+	A-	C-	C	C-
Justin Bailey	12:56	C	D	C+	B
Cody Franson	18:37	C	D-	C-	A-	A-	D+
Marcus Foligno	16:32	C	D	D+	B	A	C
Justin Falk	16:18	C	F	A-	C		D+
Zemgus Girgensons	13:49	C-	D-	D	A	A	C
Derek Grant	9:22	C-	D+	C+	D		B-
Nicolas Deslauriers	10:37	C-	F	C-	B
Johan Larsson	2:43	D+	D+	C-	D
Josh Gorges	3:06	D	D	D-	D-		C-
Matt Moulson	11:13	D-	D-	D-	D-	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:52	C	28	3	.893	-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	28:56	0	1	1	2	1
Jake McCabe	25:29	0	0	0	1	1
Zach Bogosian	23:54	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Eichel	21:44	0	1	1	3	1
Sam Reinhart	21:02	0	0	0	4	0
Kyle Okposo	20:36	1	0	1	4	0
Brian Gionta	18:44	0	0	0	0	1
Cody Franson	18:37	0	0	0	0	1
Evander Kane	17:29	0	0	0	5	0
Marcus Foligno	16:32	0	0	0	1	3
Justin Falk	16:18	0	0	0	0	0
Zemgus Girgensons	13:49	0	0	0	2	0
Justin Bailey	12:56	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Moulson	11:13	0	0	0	2	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	10:37	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Grant	9:22	0	0	0	2	2
Josh Gorges	3:06	0	0	0	0	1
Johan Larsson	2:43	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:52	28	3	.893	-0.61