Sabres at Boston Bruins, January 20, 2011 — W 4-2

2010-11 · Thursday, January 20

BUF4

BOS2

Buffalo won 4-2

WAR Box

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

Team gradeB+Won by 24G · 6A · 33 shots · 14 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Cody McCormick	12:47	B+	A-	C+	A
Nathan Gerbe	17:02	B	C+	A-	B+	C
Mike Weber	14:55	B	D+	A-	A		B+
Thomas Vanek	18:06	B-	B	A+	D	B+
Tyler Ennis	16:05	B-	C+	C-	A	C+
Paul Gaustad	18:06	B-	D	B	A		C+
Andrej Sekera	19:22	B-	D	B	A-	C+	B+
Jochen Hecht	21:57	C+	D+	A-	C	C+	A
Jason Pominville	18:56	C+	B-	A-	D-	B+	A
Tyler Myers	11:56	C+	D+	B+	B-	C	A-
Mike Grier	16:26	C	D+	D-	A+		C+
Tim Connolly	11:38	C	C-	B	D+	B+	D
Patrick Kaleta	6:28	C	C	C	C
Marc-Andre Gragnani	13:17	C	F	B-	B	B+
Shaone Morrisonn	17:55	C-	F	C	B		A-
Jordan Leopold	23:40	C-	C-	D+	C	B+	C
Rob Niedermayer	15:13	C-	F	D	A-		D
Steve Montador	19:13	C-	D+	C-	C-		C-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	60:00	B-	37	2	.946	+0.33

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	23:40	0	0	0	2	3
Jochen Hecht	21:57	0	1	1	2	0
Andrej Sekera	19:22	0	0	0	3	0
Steve Montador	19:13	0	0	0	1	2
Jason Pominville	18:56	1	0	1	2	2
Paul Gaustad	18:06	0	0	0	1	1
Thomas Vanek	18:06	1	1	2	4	0
Shaone Morrisonn	17:55	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Gerbe	17:02	1	0	1	6	0
Mike Grier	16:26	0	0	0	1	1
Tyler Ennis	16:05	0	2	2	1	0
Rob Niedermayer	15:13	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Weber	14:55	0	0	0	1	3
Marc-Andre Gragnani	13:17	0	0	0	2	0
Cody McCormick	12:47	1	0	1	4	1
Tyler Myers	11:56	0	1	1	0	0
Tim Connolly	11:38	0	1	1	2	0
Patrick Kaleta	6:28	0	0	0	1	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	60:00	37	2	.946	+0.33