2026-27 · Saturday, October 3

CHI 3 — BUF 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+Won by 14G · 7A · 28 shots · 10 blocks
Production
B
Offense
A-
Defense
A
Power play
F
Penalty kill
A+
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Tage Thompson19:41A-B+AA-C-
Rasmus Dahlin25:23BC-C+A+C-
Josh Norris16:32BD+B+AFA-
Owen Power25:12BC-A-A-DA-
Jack Quinn19:07BBBB-C-
Mattias Samuelsson24:11BCC+A+C+B+
Jiri Kulich13:31B-C+CA
Josh Doan18:06B-D+A-A-C-
Peyton Krebs13:42B-C-B-B+
Olen Zellweger15:31C+D-B+B
Konsta Helenius14:39C+DB-B+F
Ryan McLeod12:02C+D-A-BFB+
Noah Ostlund17:23C+C-B+C+F
Louis Crevier17:08CD+B+C-A-
Zach Benson19:33CDB+C-C-A-
Zach Metsa8:28C-CB-FB+
Sam Carrick7:20C-DDB-
Beck Malenstyn8:31D+FDC+B+
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW60:00C143.786-0.45

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