Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens, January 18, 2011

2010-11 · Tuesday, January 18

MTL1

BUF2

Buffalo won 2-1 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 gradeCWon by 12G · 4A · 39 shots · 16 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Steve Montador	22:18	B	C	B+	A-	D	A
Thomas Vanek	18:53	B-	C+	B+	C+	A-
Jochen Hecht	19:13	C+	C-	A-	C-	D-	A
Shaone Morrisonn	16:25	C+	D+	B	B-		B+
Jason Pominville	21:06	C+	C	A-	D+	A-	A
Jordan Leopold	23:45	C+	D	B	B	B+	A
Paul Gaustad	16:43	C+	D-	C-	A+	A	B+
Tyler Ennis	20:41	C	B-	D	B-	A-
Cody McCormick	14:26	C	D	D	A		B
Tyler Myers	17:35	C	F	C	B+	C	B+
Tim Connolly	20:04	C	C-	D-	B-	A-	C-
Mike Grier	10:39	C-	D+	C+	D-		A-
Mike Weber	19:19	D+	D	C+	D-		B+
Nathan Gerbe	12:52	D+	D+	D+	D	D-
Rob Niedermayer	9:39	D	D	F	C		A-
Andrej Sekera	19:45	D	D-	C-	F	C+	B
Patrick Kaleta	9:35	D	D	D-	D+		C+
Drew Stafford	2:00	D-	F	D	D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	61:09	B	30	1	.967	+1.14

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	23:45	0	0	0	6	0
Steve Montador	22:18	0	0	0	3	5
Jason Pominville	21:06	1	0	1	4	1
Tyler Ennis	20:41	1	1	2	4	0
Tim Connolly	20:04	0	1	1	5	0
Andrej Sekera	19:45	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Weber	19:19	0	0	0	0	2
Jochen Hecht	19:13	0	0	0	6	1
Thomas Vanek	18:53	0	2	2	3	0
Tyler Myers	17:35	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Gaustad	16:43	0	0	0	2	0
Shaone Morrisonn	16:25	0	0	0	1	1
Cody McCormick	14:26	0	0	0	0	1
Nathan Gerbe	12:52	0	0	0	3	0
Mike Grier	10:39	0	0	0	1	1
Rob Niedermayer	9:39	0	0	0	0	2
Patrick Kaleta	9:35	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Stafford	2:00	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	61:09	30	1	.967	+1.14