Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning, December 18, 2010

2010-11 · Saturday, December 18

BUF1

TBL3

Buffalo lost 1-3

WAR Box

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

Team gradeD-Lost by 21G · 2A · 22 shots · 10 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Tyler Myers	22:28	C+	D	B-	B+	C	D
Andrej Sekera	23:06	C+	D	B-	A-	D	D
Cody McCormick	13:16	C	D-	C+	B	D
Derek Roy	19:55	C-	D+	D+	B-	C-	D
Patrick Kaleta	11:57	C-	C-	C-	C-		C+
Drew Stafford	18:06	C-	D	C-	C+	C-
Mike Grier	13:00	C-	F	B+	C-	D	D+
Thomas Vanek	16:22	C-	F	D	B+	C
Jason Pominville	18:41	C-	C+	D+	D-	C-	C+
Paul Gaustad	12:22	C-	D+	C+	D	D	D+
Mike Weber	13:18	D+	D	C	D+		C-
Chris Butler	11:19	D+	C-	C	F		C-
Steve Montador	19:33	D+	D+	D-	C-	D	C+
Jordan Leopold	24:43	D+	F	D-	B-	D	C
Jochen Hecht	15:28	D	D+	D	F	D	C
Rob Niedermayer	12:53	D	F	C-	D-	C	B
Tim Connolly	12:14	D	D-	D-	D+	D	C
Tyler Ennis	14:31	D-	F	D+	F	D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:57	B	35	2	.943	+0.86

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
Jordan Leopold	24:43	0	0	0	0	0
Andrej Sekera	23:06	0	1	1	1	1
Tyler Myers	22:28	0	0	0	4	0
Derek Roy	19:55	0	0	0	2	1
Steve Montador	19:33	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Pominville	18:41	1	0	1	4	0
Drew Stafford	18:06	0	0	0	3	0
Thomas Vanek	16:22	0	0	0	0	0
Jochen Hecht	15:28	0	1	1	1	0
Tyler Ennis	14:31	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Weber	13:18	0	0	0	1	3
Cody McCormick	13:16	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Grier	13:00	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Niedermayer	12:53	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Gaustad	12:22	0	0	0	1	1
Tim Connolly	12:14	0	0	0	1	0
Patrick Kaleta	11:57	0	0	0	1	1
Chris Butler	11:19	0	0	0	1	2

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:57	35	2	.943	+0.86