2024-25 · Tuesday, December 17
BUF1
at
MTL6

Buffalo lost 1-6

WAR Box

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

Team gradeDLost by 51G · 2A · 21 shots · 17 blocks
Production
D-
Offense
D
Defense
D
Power play
C+
Penalty kill
A-
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Nicolas Aube-Kubel11:12B-C-B+A-
Beck Malenstyn12:00C+DBB-B
Tage Thompson17:08CFBBB
Zach Benson17:14CC-C+C-C+B-
Jiri Kulich13:54CD-D+B+B-
Alex Tuch14:34C-D+C-CD+B+
Connor Clifton14:18C-C-CD-B
Henri Jokiharju18:19C-FB-CC+C+
Ryan McLeod12:53C-D+B-FC+
Peyton Krebs13:59C-FDB+B
Dylan Cozens16:48D+B-FDCB-
Bowen Byram24:11D+D-CD+B-B+
Owen Power23:39D+D+D-CC+B
Jason Zucker12:35D+DBFD+
Mattias Samuelsson20:39D+C-DD+C+
Dennis Gilbert11:55D+D-CFC+
JJ Peterka17:55D+DD-D+B
Jack Quinn17:19DD+FD-BB
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL40:00F216.714-3.43
James Reimer20:00B-601.000+0.47

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

PlayerTOIGAPShotsBlocks
Bowen Byram24:1100001
Owen Power23:3901110
Mattias Samuelsson20:3900032
Henri Jokiharju18:1900000
JJ Peterka17:5501100
Jack Quinn17:1900013
Zach Benson17:1400034
Tage Thompson17:0800000
Dylan Cozens16:4810131
Alex Tuch14:3400021
Connor Clifton14:1800021
Peyton Krebs13:5900000
Jiri Kulich13:5400010
Ryan McLeod12:5300011
Jason Zucker12:3500020
Beck Malenstyn12:0000001
Dennis Gilbert11:5500011
Nicolas Aube-Kubel11:1200011

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL40:00216.714-3.43
James Reimer20:00601.000+0.47