Sabres vs Columbus Blue Jackets, March 11, 2017

2016-17 · Saturday, March 11

CBJ3

BUF5

Buffalo won 5-3

WAR Box

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

Team gradeB-Won by 24G · 7A · 30 shots · 12 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Evander Kane	22:34	B+	B-	B+	A+	C+	C
Josh Gorges	17:17	B-	D+	A-	B-	B+	B
Matt Moulson	15:32	B-	C+	A-	C	B-
Zach Bogosian	13:41	C+	B-	D+	B+	A
Ryan O'Reilly	22:21	C+	D+	B+	B-	C+	C-
Sam Reinhart	17:01	C+	C+	A	D+	C
Zemgus Girgensons	11:18	C	D	C+	B		C
Jake McCabe	20:29	C	C+	C+	D+	B-	D
Justin Falk	15:13	C	D-	B-	C+	B-	C+
Evan Rodrigues	11:09	C	F	C+	B		B+
Jack Eichel	22:12	C-	D	B-	C-	C+
Cody Franson	16:19	C-	C-	D	C	B-	B-
Tyler Ennis	11:29	C-	D-	D+	C+	B-
Nicolas Deslauriers	6:33	C-	B-	D+	D-
Marcus Foligno	13:01	C-	F	C-	B-	B+	B+
Rasmus Ristolainen	32:07	C-	D	D+	C-	B-	C+
Brian Gionta	19:05	D+	D	D	D+	B	D+
Justin Bailey	7:21	D+	F	D-	B

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin Lehner	39:30	B+	21	0	1.000	+1.37
Anders NilssonW	19:48	D-	12	3	.750	-2.31

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	32:07	0	2	2	0	0
Evander Kane	22:34	1	1	2	5	0
Ryan O'Reilly	22:21	0	0	0	2	1
Jack Eichel	22:12	0	1	1	1	0
Jake McCabe	20:29	1	0	1	2	2
Brian Gionta	19:05	0	1	1	1	0
Josh Gorges	17:17	0	0	0	1	2
Sam Reinhart	17:01	1	0	1	2	0
Cody Franson	16:19	0	0	0	2	1
Matt Moulson	15:32	1	0	1	3	0
Justin Falk	15:13	0	0	0	1	2
Zach Bogosian	13:41	0	1	1	3	4
Marcus Foligno	13:01	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Ennis	11:29	0	0	0	3	0
Zemgus Girgensons	11:18	0	0	0	3	0
Evan Rodrigues	11:09	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Bailey	7:21	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	6:33	0	1	1	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin Lehner	39:30	21	0	1.000	+1.37
Anders NilssonW	19:48	12	3	.750	-2.31