Sabres at Boston Bruins, October 21, 2017 — W 5-4

2017-18 · Saturday, October 21

BUF5

BOS4

Buffalo won 5-4 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 gradeB+Won by 15G · 7A · 42 shots · 14 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jason Pominville	15:26	A	A	A-	A+	C+
Rasmus Ristolainen	29:40	B+	D+	A+	A+	C-	C
Ryan O'Reilly	18:52	B+	A-	A-	B-	D-	B
Evander Kane	21:26	B+	C-	A+	A-	C-	A-
Marco Scandella	27:23	B+	C-	A	A+	C-	B+
Benoit Pouliot	15:42	B+	B-	A-	A-		D-
Jack Eichel	22:14	B	B-	A-	B-	C	B
Jake McCabe	23:43	B-	C+	C	B+	D	D
Kyle Okposo	16:31	C	D-	A-	C+	C-	C+
Justin Bailey	15:51	C	C	D	B-		A-
Matt Tennyson	16:08	C	D	C+	C+	D
Sam Reinhart	14:16	C	C-	B-	D+	C-
Jordan Nolan	8:49	D+	D	D	B-		B-
Matt Moulson	12:29	D+	D-	C-	C-	B-
Seth Griffith	9:28	D+	D-	D	C+
Johan Larsson	11:44	D	D	D-	D+		D-
Taylor Fedun	10:57	D-	D	D-	F		A-
Victor Antipin	14:16	D-	D-	F	D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerW	62:59	D	31	4	.871	-1.71

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	29:40	0	0	0	2	2
Marco Scandella	27:23	0	1	1	6	0
Jake McCabe	23:43	0	2	2	2	2
Jack Eichel	22:14	1	0	1	3	2
Evander Kane	21:26	1	0	1	5	0
Ryan O'Reilly	18:52	1	1	2	5	4
Kyle Okposo	16:31	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Tennyson	16:08	0	0	0	3	0
Justin Bailey	15:51	0	1	1	1	1
Benoit Pouliot	15:42	1	0	1	5	0
Jason Pominville	15:26	1	1	2	4	1
Sam Reinhart	14:16	0	1	1	1	0
Victor Antipin	14:16	0	0	0	1	0
Matt Moulson	12:29	0	0	0	1	0
Johan Larsson	11:44	0	0	0	0	1
Taylor Fedun	10:57	0	0	0	0	1
Seth Griffith	9:28	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Nolan	8:49	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerW	62:59	31	4	.871	-1.71