Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs, March 5, 2018

2017-18 · Monday, March 5

TOR3

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 gradeC-Won by 25G · 8A · 24 shots · 10 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jason Pominville	16:20	B+	B+	A+	C+	A-
Johan Larsson	20:30	B	B	A	B-	D	D-
Nathan Beaulieu	16:04	C+	C-	B	B-
Sam Reinhart	17:51	C+	B-	C+	C	A-
Ryan O'Reilly	20:41	C	C+	C+	D+	A-	D-
Rasmus Ristolainen	25:52	C	B-	C+	D-	A-	D-
Zemgus Girgensons	18:02	C-	C-	C	C-		C
Scott Wilson	17:22	C-	D-	C+	C	D	A-
Casey Nelson	19:51	C-	F	D	B+	A-	B+
Brendan Guhle	14:50	C-	D	D-	B	A-	B+
Jordan Nolan	15:54	C-	D	C+	D
Marco Scandella	25:47	D	D+	D+	F	A-	D-
Victor Antipin	15:36	D	F	D	C-
Benoit Pouliot	6:24	D	F	D-	C-		D-
Jacob Josefson	16:48	D-	D+	D-	D-		D
Kyle Criscuolo	4:29	D-	F	D-	D+
Kyle Okposo	17:56	D-	D	F	F	A-
Nick Baptiste	6:47	D-	F	D-	D+	A-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonW	60:00	B+	37	2	.946	+1.43

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	25:52	0	2	2	1	3
Marco Scandella	25:47	0	0	0	2	3
Ryan O'Reilly	20:41	1	1	2	2	0
Johan Larsson	20:30	1	1	2	2	1
Casey Nelson	19:51	0	0	0	1	0
Zemgus Girgensons	18:02	1	0	1	2	0
Kyle Okposo	17:56	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Reinhart	17:51	1	1	2	3	0
Scott Wilson	17:22	0	0	0	1	0
Jacob Josefson	16:48	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Pominville	16:20	1	1	2	5	0
Nathan Beaulieu	16:04	0	0	0	2	2
Jordan Nolan	15:54	0	1	1	0	0
Victor Antipin	15:36	0	0	0	0	0
Brendan Guhle	14:50	0	0	0	2	0
Nick Baptiste	6:47	0	0	0	0	0
Benoit Pouliot	6:24	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Criscuolo	4:29	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonW	60:00	37	2	.946	+1.43