2025-26 · Wednesday, November 26
BUF2
at
PIT4

Buffalo lost 2-4

WAR Box

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

Team gradeB+Lost by 22G · 4A · 28 shots · 16 blocks
Production
C-
Offense
A
Defense
A
Power play
—
Penalty kill
B-
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Mattias Samuelsson27:47A-C+A+A+B-
Jack Quinn18:39A-B+AA-B
Rasmus Dahlin25:06B+C-A+A+C+
Jason Zucker18:28B+BA-A-
Ryan McLeod18:01B-D+A-A-C
Josh Doan16:02B-D+BA-
Tyson Kozak15:22C+D+B+B-B
Beck Malenstyn9:44C+C-B-B-C+
Alex Tuch17:40C+D+CA-C
Josh Dunne8:11CD+B-C+
Zach Benson16:09CD-BB-C+
Noah Ostlund13:27CD-B+C
Tage Thompson18:33CD-C-A-
Owen Power19:25CD-B+CB-
Jacob Bryson12:34CFB-B
Peyton Krebs9:10C-FB-C
Bowen Byram20:13C-D-CC+C+
Conor Timmins14:06D+C-D+D+
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL59:23D+183.833-1.43

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
Mattias Samuelsson27:4701154
Rasmus Dahlin25:0600051
Bowen Byram20:1300020
Owen Power19:2500010
Jack Quinn18:3911221
Tage Thompson18:3300010
Jason Zucker18:2811230
Ryan McLeod18:0101110
Alex Tuch17:4000011
Zach Benson16:0900010
Josh Doan16:0200011
Tyson Kozak15:2200005
Conor Timmins14:0600012
Noah Ostlund13:2700010
Jacob Bryson12:3400000
Beck Malenstyn9:4400011
Peyton Krebs9:1000000
Josh Dunne8:1100020

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL59:23183.833-1.43