Sabres vs San Jose Sharks, March 4, 2025 — L 2-6

2024-25 · Tuesday, March 4

SJS6

BUF2

Buffalo lost 2-6

WAR Box

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

Team gradeD+Lost by 42G · 4A · 21 shots · 15 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
JJ Peterka	19:41	C+	C+	D	B+	D+	B
Dylan Cozens	14:51	C+	C-	A+	D-	D+
Connor Clifton	17:04	C	C-	C	B		D-
Mattias Samuelsson	21:09	C	D+	B	C+		D-
Rasmus Dahlin	26:43	C	C-	B+	C-	D+	C
Alex Tuch	19:03	C	D-	B+	C	D	D
Tage Thompson	20:11	C	C-	D-	B	D+	B+
Peyton Krebs	11:30	C-	D	D	B		D-
Zach Benson	12:18	C-	D	D	B-	C-	A-
Beck Malenstyn	11:25	C-	D-	D+	B		C+
Jordan Greenway	16:17	C-	F	A	F		D
Jacob Bryson	15:31	D+	F	C	C+		A-
Bowen Byram	18:51	D+	D+	C	D-	B+	C+
Jack Quinn	13:33	D+	D+	D+	C-	D+
Owen Power	17:53	D	D-	D	D+	B+	B+
Jiri Kulich	16:43	D	C-	D	F	B+	B
Ryan McLeod	13:04	D-	D-	D-	D-		D
Sam Lafferty	10:48	F	F	F	D		D-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	57:25	D-	27	5	.815	-2.15

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	26:43	0	1	1	2	1
Mattias Samuelsson	21:09	0	0	0	1	2
Tage Thompson	20:11	1	0	1	2	0
JJ Peterka	19:41	1	1	2	2	0
Alex Tuch	19:03	0	0	0	2	0
Bowen Byram	18:51	0	0	0	1	3
Owen Power	17:53	0	0	0	0	1
Connor Clifton	17:04	0	1	1	2	1
Jiri Kulich	16:43	0	0	0	2	2
Jordan Greenway	16:17	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Bryson	15:31	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Cozens	14:51	0	0	0	5	1
Jack Quinn	13:33	0	1	1	0	0
Ryan McLeod	13:04	0	0	0	1	0
Zach Benson	12:18	0	0	0	0	2
Peyton Krebs	11:30	0	0	0	0	2
Beck Malenstyn	11:25	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Lafferty	10:48	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	57:25	27	5	.815	-2.15