Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins, January 17, 2025

2024-25 · Friday, January 17

PIT5

BUF2

Buffalo lost 2-5

WAR Box

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

Team gradeBLost by 31G · 2A · 40 shots · 16 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Owen Power	22:38	B+	C	A+	A	C+	B-
Dylan Cozens	17:42	B	C-	A-	A-	C+	D-
Rasmus Dahlin	27:56	B	D	A+	B+	B
Bowen Byram	20:15	B	C-	B	A+	C+	D+
Peyton Krebs	12:06	B-	D-	A	A-
Ryan McLeod	16:56	B-	D+	A-	B+		C+
Tage Thompson	20:46	B-	D	B+	A	C+
Jason Zucker	16:23	B-	D-	A-	A-	C+
JJ Peterka	17:49	B-	D	B+	A-	C+
Henri Jokiharju	14:33	C+	C-	B	B-
Alex Tuch	20:23	C+	F	B+	A	C+	C+
Zach Benson	18:22	C+	C-	B	C+	C+	C
Beck Malenstyn	8:18	C	C	C-	C	C+	B
Mattias Samuelsson	14:53	C	C-	C+	D		C+
Jack Quinn	17:05	C-	D-	C	B-	C+
Connor Clifton	12:30	C-	D+	C-	C		C
Tyson Kozak	7:04	D+	D+	D+	D+	C+	D+
Sam Lafferty	9:06	D	F	D	C		D+

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	56:29	D-	18	4	.778	-2.32

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 Dahlin	27:56	0	0	0	4	0
Owen Power	22:38	1	0	1	2	1
Tage Thompson	20:46	0	0	0	7	0
Alex Tuch	20:23	0	0	0	1	0
Bowen Byram	20:15	0	1	1	3	0
Zach Benson	18:22	0	1	1	1	1
JJ Peterka	17:49	0	0	0	2	0
Dylan Cozens	17:42	0	0	0	6	2
Jack Quinn	17:05	0	0	0	3	0
Ryan McLeod	16:56	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Zucker	16:23	0	0	0	2	0
Mattias Samuelsson	14:53	0	0	0	2	3
Henri Jokiharju	14:33	0	0	0	2	1
Connor Clifton	12:30	0	0	0	1	2
Peyton Krebs	12:06	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Lafferty	9:06	0	0	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	8:18	0	0	0	2	3
Tyson Kozak	7:04	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	56:29	18	4	.778	-2.32