Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights, March 3, 2026

2025-26 · Tuesday, March 3

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Buffalo won 3-2

WAR Box

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

Team gradeCWon by 13G · 5A · 28 shots · 11 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Josh Doan	16:32	B-	C-	B	A	D+
Jason Zucker	13:36	B-	B-	A+	D+	D+
Ryan McLeod	15:51	B-	C+	A	D+	B-	D+
Rasmus Dahlin	25:50	B-	C+	B-	B-	D+	A-
Noah Ostlund	14:19	C+	C-	C-	A
Jack Quinn	15:05	C+	D+	A+	D+	B-
Michael Kesselring	11:19	C	D+	B-	B-
Josh Norris	15:35	C	D	C	B+	D+
Mattias Samuelsson	25:15	C	D	B	B-		D+
Zach Metsa	10:58	C	C-	C+	C-
Owen Power	22:54	C	C+	C-	D+	B-	A
Tage Thompson	21:07	C-	C-	D-	B-	D+	C+
Beck Malenstyn	8:57	C-	C-	C	D+		D+
Alex Tuch	19:36	D+	C-	F	C	B-
Tyson Kozak	8:34	D	D	C-	F		A-
Peyton Krebs	20:04	D	F	D	C-		B-
Bowen Byram	22:42	D-	F	D+	D-	B-	D
Zach Benson	9:46	D-	F	D+	F		A

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	60:00	A	29	2	.931	+2.29

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	25:50	0	2	2	1	2
Mattias Samuelsson	25:15	0	0	0	4	0
Owen Power	22:54	1	0	1	2	2
Bowen Byram	22:42	0	0	0	0	0
Tage Thompson	21:07	1	0	1	2	0
Peyton Krebs	20:04	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Tuch	19:36	0	1	1	1	1
Josh Doan	16:32	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan McLeod	15:51	0	1	1	2	1
Josh Norris	15:35	0	0	0	2	0
Jack Quinn	15:05	0	0	0	5	0
Noah Ostlund	14:19	0	1	1	1	0
Jason Zucker	13:36	1	0	1	2	0
Michael Kesselring	11:19	0	0	0	3	0
Zach Metsa	10:58	0	0	0	1	1
Zach Benson	9:46	0	0	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	8:57	0	0	0	1	1
Tyson Kozak	8:34	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Alex LyonW	60:00	29	2	.931	+2.29