Sabres vs Minnesota Wild, January 17, 2026 — OTL 4-5

2025-26 · Saturday, January 17

MIN5

BUF4

Buffalo lost 4-5 in overtime

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 14G · 7A · 24 shots · 17 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Peyton Krebs	10:31	B-	A	D+	B
Jack Quinn	16:03	B-	B+	B+	D-	A
Ryan McLeod	16:30	C+	B-	B	D	B	B
Jason Zucker	17:49	C+	C+	A-	D	C+
Tage Thompson	22:17	C	C-	D-	B+	C+	C+
Alex Tuch	18:40	C	C-	F	A-	B	C+
Rasmus Dahlin	27:10	C	D+	C+	C-	C+	A-
Bowen Byram	25:36	C-	D+	C	C+		D
Josh Doan	15:14	C-	D+	C-	C	D+
Zach Benson	16:31	C-	D+	F	B+		A+
Mattias Samuelsson	26:30	D+	D+	C-	D+		D+
Zach Metsa	7:04	D+	F	C	C
Noah Ostlund	16:09	D+	F	D+	C+	C
Michael Kesselring	10:16	D	D	C-	D-		A-
Owen Power	21:33	D	D	D	D+		B
Tyson Kozak	8:32	D	D	D	F		A-
Jordan Greenway	10:43	D-	F	D	D-		D+
Beck Malenstyn	9:56	D-	F	D-	D-		D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenOTL	61:46	C+	36	5	.861	+0.13

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	27:10	0	1	1	2	0
Mattias Samuelsson	26:30	0	1	1	0	3
Bowen Byram	25:36	0	0	0	1	3
Tage Thompson	22:17	0	1	1	6	0
Owen Power	21:33	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Tuch	18:40	1	0	1	2	2
Jason Zucker	17:49	0	2	2	3	0
Zach Benson	16:31	0	0	0	1	1
Ryan McLeod	16:30	1	1	2	2	1
Noah Ostlund	16:09	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Quinn	16:03	1	1	2	4	0
Josh Doan	15:14	0	0	0	1	1
Jordan Greenway	10:43	0	0	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs	10:31	1	0	1	1	3
Michael Kesselring	10:16	0	0	0	0	1
Beck Malenstyn	9:56	0	0	0	0	0
Tyson Kozak	8:32	0	0	0	1	0
Zach Metsa	7:04	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenOTL	61:46	36	5	.861	+0.13