Sabres vs New Jersey Devils, October 4, 2024

2024-25 · Friday, October 4

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Buffalo lost 1-4

WAR Box

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

Team gradeCLost by 31G · 2A · 31 shots · 17 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jordan Greenway	13:49	B-	C-	A	C+		B-
Jason Zucker	12:19	B-	D+	A	B	B-
Mattias Samuelsson	15:46	C+	D	B+	C+	C+	B+
Dylan Cozens	18:57	C+	D+	C+	B+	B-	A-
Connor Clifton	13:39	C	D-	A-	C-		B+
Zach Benson	17:23	C	D+	C-	B	B-	C-
JJ Peterka	19:22	C	C-	B	C-	C-
Rasmus Dahlin	22:48	C	D	C+	B-	C-	D
Owen Power	23:27	C	C	D+	C+	B-	C+
Tage Thompson	21:29	C	C-	B	D+	D+	C-
Bowen Byram	24:52	C	D+	D+	B-	B-	C+
Ryan McLeod	13:50	C-	F	C+	B-	C+	B+
Jack Quinn	18:41	C-	F	D+	A-	C-	A-
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	5:45	C-	D	D+	B-
Henri Jokiharju	16:17	C-	D	B-	D+		C-
Alex Tuch	22:31	D+	D+	C+	D	C-	C-
Beck Malenstyn	6:55	D+	C	F	D+		B-
Sam Lafferty	9:05	D	F	D-	C-		B-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	59:05	C-	22	3	.864	-0.85

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
Bowen Byram	24:52	0	1	1	0	3
Owen Power	23:27	1	0	1	3	2
Rasmus Dahlin	22:48	0	0	0	2	1
Alex Tuch	22:31	0	0	0	2	1
Tage Thompson	21:29	0	0	0	3	1
JJ Peterka	19:22	0	1	1	2	0
Dylan Cozens	18:57	0	0	0	7	0
Jack Quinn	18:41	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Benson	17:23	0	0	0	2	1
Henri Jokiharju	16:17	0	0	0	0	2
Mattias Samuelsson	15:46	0	0	0	2	3
Ryan McLeod	13:50	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Greenway	13:49	0	0	0	2	1
Connor Clifton	13:39	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Zucker	12:19	0	0	0	2	1
Sam Lafferty	9:05	0	0	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	6:55	0	0	0	1	1
Nicolas Aube-Kubel	5:45	0	0	0	2	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	59:05	22	3	.864	-0.85