Sabres at St. Louis Blues, December 29, 2024

2024-25 · Sunday, December 29

BUF4

STL2

Buffalo won 4-2

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+Won by 24G · 7A · 16 shots · 22 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Peyton Krebs	11:44	B+	A-	B+	B-		B
Zach Benson	12:56	C+	D-	B+	B+	A	C-
Bowen Byram	24:45	C+	C	A-	D		B-
Rasmus Dahlin	23:38	C+	C+	B+	C-	D	B-
Jiri Kulich	12:28	C	B-	B	F	A
Tage Thompson	19:18	C	B	D+	D	D+	B+
Alex Tuch	19:29	C-	D+	D	B	D	C
Connor Clifton	14:14	C-	C-	C-	C		C+
Jacob Bryson	12:14	C-	D	C-	B-
Jason Zucker	18:13	C-	B-	D+	D-	D+	B-
Sam Lafferty	10:34	D+	D	C-	C-		B+
Ryan McLeod	15:03	D+	D-	D	C		B-
Jack Quinn	14:48	D+	C	D-	D	D+	B-
Beck Malenstyn	11:38	D	F	D+	D+		C
Mattias Samuelsson	23:19	D	D-	F	D+		C+
Owen Power	18:43	D	F	C-	F	B+	B+
JJ Peterka	15:17	D-	D-	F	D	D+
Dylan Cozens	13:55	D-	D	F	F	D	B

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW	59:44	A-	32	2	.938	+2.07

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	24:45	0	1	1	1	4
Rasmus Dahlin	23:38	0	1	1	2	3
Mattias Samuelsson	23:19	0	1	1	0	0
Alex Tuch	19:29	0	0	0	2	4
Tage Thompson	19:18	1	1	2	2	1
Owen Power	18:43	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Zucker	18:13	1	1	2	1	1
JJ Peterka	15:17	0	0	0	1	0
Ryan McLeod	15:03	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Quinn	14:48	0	2	2	0	0
Connor Clifton	14:14	0	0	0	1	2
Dylan Cozens	13:55	0	0	0	0	1
Zach Benson	12:56	0	0	0	1	0
Jiri Kulich	12:28	1	0	1	2	0
Jacob Bryson	12:14	0	0	0	0	1
Peyton Krebs	11:44	1	0	1	2	2
Beck Malenstyn	11:38	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Lafferty	10:34	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW	59:44	32	2	.938	+2.07