Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes, November 8, 2025

2025-26 · Saturday, November 8

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CAR6

Buffalo lost 3-6

WAR Box

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

Team gradeC+Lost by 33G · 4A · 21 shots · 13 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Tyson Kozak	14:11	B-	C	A-	B		D-
Jordan Greenway	15:04	B-	D	A-	B	C+	A-
Mattias Samuelsson	23:35	B-	D	C+	A+	C	C
Tage Thompson	18:59	B-	A-	B	D+	D+	C-
Ryan McLeod	19:23	B-	D+	B+	B	D	C
Owen Power	22:08	C+	C-	B+	C+	D	C-
Conor Timmins	20:22	C+	D-	A-	B-		C-
Josh Doan	15:15	C+	F	B-	A	D+
Alex Tuch	18:37	C+	C+	B+	D-	D+	C
Jack Quinn	17:17	C+	D+	A-	C-	D+
Peyton Krebs	16:23	C-	D-	D+	B+	D
Michael Kesselring	17:29	C-	D-	C-	B-		C+
Josh Dunne	8:53	C-	D+	D-	B+		D
Jacob Bryson	13:22	C-	F	D-	A-		A-
Isak Rosen	13:54	D+	F	B	D+	D
Noah Ostlund	8:51	D+	C-	D-	D+	D
Beck Malenstyn	10:25	D+	F	D-	B		A-
Bowen Byram	21:30	D	C-	C-	F	D+	D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonL	58:47	D+	33	4	.879	-1.55

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
Mattias Samuelsson	23:35	0	0	0	1	2
Owen Power	22:08	1	0	1	2	0
Bowen Byram	21:30	0	0	0	2	2
Conor Timmins	20:22	0	0	0	1	1
Ryan McLeod	19:23	0	1	1	2	0
Tage Thompson	18:59	1	1	2	4	1
Alex Tuch	18:37	1	1	2	1	0
Michael Kesselring	17:29	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Quinn	17:17	0	0	0	1	1
Peyton Krebs	16:23	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Doan	15:15	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Greenway	15:04	0	0	0	4	0
Tyson Kozak	14:11	0	0	0	2	3
Isak Rosen	13:54	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Bryson	13:22	0	0	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	10:25	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Dunne	8:53	0	0	0	0	2
Noah Ostlund	8:51	0	1	1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonL	58:47	33	4	.879	-1.55