Sabres at New York Rangers, January 18, 2018

2017-18 · Thursday, January 18

BUF3

NYR4

Buffalo lost 3-4

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 13G · 6A · 30 shots · 14 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jason Pominville	14:15	C+	D+	B	B	B+
Jordan Nolan	7:38	C+	C	C+	C+
Jack Eichel	21:18	C+	C+	B	C-	C+
Evander Kane	17:17	C+	D+	B	B-	B-	D+
Marco Scandella	23:48	C+	C-	B-	C+	D+	B-
Scott Wilson	10:21	C	D+	C	B		C
Kyle Okposo	19:24	C	B-	D	C-	C+
Rasmus Ristolainen	26:18	C-	C-	C-	C	C+	B
Johan Larsson	9:21	C-	D	C+	C-		B+
Jake McCabe	22:40	C-	D	C	C-	A	C-
Ryan O'Reilly	19:12	C-	D-	C-	C	B-	C-
Justin Falk	17:00	C-	C-	D+	D+
Sam Reinhart	18:24	D+	C	F	D-	C+
Josh Gorges	13:07	D	D+	D+	D-		D+
Casey Nelson	12:46	D	D-	D	D+
Evan Rodrigues	13:27	D	D+	F	D	B-
Benoit Pouliot	14:06	D	F	C-	F		B+
Zemgus Girgensons	15:24	D-	D-	F	D		C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:03	C-	34	4	.882	-0.88

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	26:18	1	0	1	3	0
Marco Scandella	23:48	0	0	0	3	3
Jake McCabe	22:40	0	0	0	0	3
Jack Eichel	21:18	0	2	2	5	0
Kyle Okposo	19:24	1	1	2	1	1
Ryan O'Reilly	19:12	0	0	0	2	0
Sam Reinhart	18:24	0	2	2	1	0
Evander Kane	17:17	0	0	0	6	0
Justin Falk	17:00	1	0	1	1	0
Zemgus Girgensons	15:24	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Pominville	14:15	0	0	0	1	1
Benoit Pouliot	14:06	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Rodrigues	13:27	0	1	1	0	0
Josh Gorges	13:07	0	0	0	0	3
Casey Nelson	12:46	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Wilson	10:21	0	0	0	1	1
Johan Larsson	9:21	0	0	0	3	0
Jordan Nolan	7:38	0	0	0	1	2

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:03	34	4	.882	-0.88