Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, February 4, 2011

2010-11 · Friday, February 4

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PIT3

Buffalo lost 2-3

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 12G · 3A · 27 shots · 9 blocks

Production: D+
Offense: D
Defense: D+
Power play: F
Penalty kill: B

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Thomas Vanek	15:15	B-	D+	A	B+	D+
Jason Pominville	18:31	B-	D-	A+	B-		B-
Jochen Hecht	18:58	C+	D-	A-	B-		B
Tyler Myers	21:49	C	D+	D	A-	C	C+
Mike Weber	18:13	C	D+	C	C	D+	B-
Paul Gaustad	16:39	C	B	F	C		B-
Mike Grier	16:09	C	C	D+	C-		B
Tyler Ennis	17:01	C-	D-	D+	B		C-
Shaone Morrisonn	16:38	C-	F	B-	C+	D+	B-
Jordan Leopold	20:54	C-	C-	C+	F		B
Andrej Sekera	22:08	C-	F	D	A-		C+
Steve Montador	21:04	C-	F	B-	D-	C	B
Drew Stafford	14:28	D+	D	D	C+	D+	B-
Rob Niedermayer	12:56	D+	C+	F	D+		A-
Tim Connolly	12:40	D	D-	F	C-	D+	B
Paul Byron	11:53	D	F	D+	D+		D+
Cody McCormick	6:19	D-	D	D-	D-
Nathan Gerbe	7:17	D-	D	D-	F

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	59:08	C+	39	3	.923	+0.20

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
Andrej Sekera	22:08	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Myers	21:49	0	0	0	2	2
Steve Montador	21:04	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Leopold	20:54	0	0	0	3	3
Jochen Hecht	18:58	0	0	0	2	0
Jason Pominville	18:31	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Weber	18:13	0	0	0	1	3
Tyler Ennis	17:01	0	0	0	2	0
Paul Gaustad	16:39	1	1	2	3	0
Shaone Morrisonn	16:38	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Grier	16:09	1	0	1	1	1
Thomas Vanek	15:15	0	0	0	5	0
Drew Stafford	14:28	0	0	0	2	0
Rob Niedermayer	12:56	0	2	2	0	0
Tim Connolly	12:40	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Byron	11:53	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Gerbe	7:17	0	0	0	1	0
Cody McCormick	6:19	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	59:08	39	3	.923	+0.20