Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes, January 6, 2012

2011-12 · Friday, January 6

BUF2

CAR4

Buffalo lost 2-4

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 22G · 2A · 33 shots · 12 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Brad Boyes	18:43	B-	D+	A	B+	D+
Brayden McNabb	20:34	B-	D	A-	B+	D+	D
Matt Ellis	8:25	B-	D	B-	A
Tyler Myers	23:08	B-	F	B+	A	B-	D
Drew Stafford	19:01	C	D	B-	C+	B-
Luke Adam	10:23	C	C-	C+	C	C+
Zack Kassian	6:53	C	D+	B-	C
Jochen Hecht	19:50	C-	C+	D-	C	C	C
Thomas Vanek	22:55	C-	C-	C-	C-	B-	D+
Paul Gaustad	13:05	C-	D	C+	D+		C
Jordan Leopold	23:30	D+	D+	D	C-	B-	B
Jason Pominville	21:12	D+	C+	D-	D+	B-	C
Marc-Andre Gragnani	17:52	D	D-	C-	D-	C+
Nathan Gerbe	20:04	D	D-	D+	D-		C
Mike Weber	16:32	D	D+	D	F		D+
Patrick Kaleta	12:08	D-	D	F	D		C
Derek Roy	1:43	D-	F	D	D
Robyn Regehr	18:32	D-	D-	F	D-		B

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:49	B	34	3	.912	+0.79

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	23:30	0	0	0	3	1
Tyler Myers	23:08	0	0	0	1	0
Thomas Vanek	22:55	1	0	1	3	0
Jason Pominville	21:12	1	1	2	2	0
Brayden McNabb	20:34	0	0	0	0	2
Nathan Gerbe	20:04	0	0	0	2	0
Jochen Hecht	19:50	0	1	1	6	1
Drew Stafford	19:01	0	0	0	5	0
Brad Boyes	18:43	0	0	0	2	1
Robyn Regehr	18:32	0	0	0	0	1
Marc-Andre Gragnani	17:52	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Weber	16:32	0	0	0	1	1
Paul Gaustad	13:05	0	0	0	0	3
Patrick Kaleta	12:08	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Adam	10:23	0	0	0	2	1
Matt Ellis	8:25	0	0	0	2	0
Zack Kassian	6:53	0	0	0	2	0
Derek Roy	1:43	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerL	58:49	34	3	.912	+0.79