Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins, March 8, 2011

2010-11 · Tuesday, March 8

BUF1

PIT3

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 gradeC+Lost by 21G · 1A · 29 shots · 15 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Rob Niedermayer	12:42	B+	B+	B+	B+	B	D
Tyler Myers	22:53	B	D+	A-	A	C-	B
Chris Butler	18:35	B-	D	A	B+	B-	D+
Mark Parrish	10:35	C+	D	B+	B-	B-
Steve Montador	18:43	C+	D+	C+	A-	C	D-
Andrej Sekera	22:40	C+	D+	C-	A	B+	D
Cody McCormick	8:41	C+	D-	B	B	B
Drew Stafford	20:36	C+	D-	C+	A-	B+	C
Brad Boyes	16:56	C+	D-	A-	B-	D+	C
Jason Pominville	19:33	C	D-	A-	C-	B+	C+
Tyler Ennis	16:27	C	D-	B-	B+	D+	B
Mark Mancari	9:41	C	C-	C+	C	D+
Luke Adam	7:22	C	D	C+	C		C+
Nathan Gerbe	11:27	C-	D	A	D-	D
Mike Weber	14:53	C-	C-	C+	F		C+
Jordan Leopold	21:17	D+	F	C+	D-	B	B-
Tim Connolly	19:36	D+	F	C-	C+	B+	C
Paul Gaustad	14:54	D+	D+	D+	D+	C-	B-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:33	C	30	3	.900	-0.59

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
Tyler Myers	22:53	0	1	1	2	2
Andrej Sekera	22:40	0	0	0	3	1
Jordan Leopold	21:17	0	0	0	1	0
Drew Stafford	20:36	0	0	0	2	0
Tim Connolly	19:36	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Pominville	19:33	0	0	0	3	0
Steve Montador	18:43	0	0	0	2	1
Chris Butler	18:35	0	0	0	1	1
Brad Boyes	16:56	0	0	0	1	0
Tyler Ennis	16:27	0	0	0	2	0
Paul Gaustad	14:54	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Weber	14:53	0	0	0	1	5
Rob Niedermayer	12:42	1	0	1	2	1
Nathan Gerbe	11:27	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Parrish	10:35	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Mancari	9:41	0	0	0	3	1
Cody McCormick	8:41	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Adam	7:22	0	0	0	2	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:33	30	3	.900	-0.59