Sabres at Nashville Predators, December 3, 2011

2011-12 · Saturday, December 3

BUF3

NSH2

Buffalo won 3-2

WAR Box

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

Team gradeDWon by 13G · 5A · 14 shots · 10 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Ville Leino	13:21	C+	B	B	D	D
Luke Adam	9:57	C+	A	C-	D	D
Zack Kassian	11:00	C	B-	B+	F
Derek Roy	16:57	C-	C-	B+	F	C+	A-
Tyler Ennis	15:38	C-	C+	B-	F	D+
Jason Pominville	21:54	C-	D-	D-	A	C	D-
Christian Ehrhoff	26:53	C-	C	C+	D-	C	D
Andrej Sekera	22:52	C-	D	D+	B	D+	D
Drew Stafford	18:47	C-	D-	A-	D-	C+	D-
Jochen Hecht	20:35	C-	D-	D-	A	D	D-
Paul Gaustad	7:02	D+	D-	D+	C+		D-
Matt Ellis	10:56	D+	D-	C+	D	C	A-
Brayden McNabb	20:19	D+	D-	C-	C-	C	D
Marc-Andre Gragnani	19:45	D+	D-	C-	D+	D+
Robyn Regehr	22:07	D+	D	D	C-	C+	D
Thomas Vanek	19:55	D	F	F	C+	B-
Joe Finley	4:56	D	F	D	C-
Corey Tropp	6:42	D	F	D	D+	C+

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	59:54	A	32	1	.969	+2.22

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
Christian Ehrhoff	26:53	0	1	1	3	2
Andrej Sekera	22:52	0	0	0	0	2
Robyn Regehr	22:07	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Pominville	21:54	0	0	0	2	0
Jochen Hecht	20:35	0	0	0	1	0
Brayden McNabb	20:19	0	0	0	0	1
Thomas Vanek	19:55	0	0	0	0	0
Marc-Andre Gragnani	19:45	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Stafford	18:47	0	0	0	0	1
Derek Roy	16:57	0	1	1	2	0
Tyler Ennis	15:38	1	0	1	2	0
Ville Leino	13:21	0	2	2	0	1
Zack Kassian	11:00	1	0	1	1	0
Matt Ellis	10:56	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Adam	9:57	1	1	2	1	0
Paul Gaustad	7:02	0	0	0	0	1
Corey Tropp	6:42	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Finley	4:56	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	59:54	32	1	.969	+2.22