Sabres at Boston Bruins, January 31, 2013 — W 7-4

2012-13 · Thursday, January 31

BUF7

BOS4

Buffalo won 7-4

WAR Box

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

Team gradeCWon by 36G · 12A · 31 shots · 22 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Thomas Vanek	19:21	A	A+	A-	B-	C+
Tyler Ennis	19:02	B-	B-	B-	B	C+
Mike Weber	21:23	C+	C	C-	A-		D
Jason Pominville	23:08	C	C+	B+	D	C+	D
Andrej Sekera	21:21	C	D	C-	A-		D-
Marcus Foligno	15:10	C	B-	B+	F	C+	C
Cody Hodgson	18:35	C	A-	D+	D		D-
Mikhail Grigorenko	8:57	C-	B-	C+	F
Jochen Hecht	15:32	C-	C	C+	D-		D
Matt Ellis	7:33	C-	D+	D	C+	C-
Christian Ehrhoff	24:18	C-	C	C-	D-	C+	D
Tyler Myers	16:08	C-	D+	B	F	D	D+
Alexander Sulzer	17:33	D+	B-	D-	D	C-	D-
Steve Ott	19:44	D+	D	D	B-	D+	D-
Drew Stafford	17:15	D+	D-	F	C	B-	C
Jordan Leopold	15:55	D	D-	C	D-	C	B
John Scott	4:28	D	D	D	C-
Nathan Gerbe	6:41	D	F	F	C	C-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	59:56	C+	41	4	.902	+0.21

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	24:18	0	1	1	2	4
Jason Pominville	23:08	0	2	2	4	0
Mike Weber	21:23	0	1	1	0	4
Andrej Sekera	21:21	0	0	0	0	5
Steve Ott	19:44	0	0	0	1	1
Thomas Vanek	19:21	3	2	5	4	0
Tyler Ennis	19:02	1	1	2	3	0
Cody Hodgson	18:35	1	2	3	3	0
Alexander Sulzer	17:33	1	0	1	1	3
Drew Stafford	17:15	0	0	0	2	0
Tyler Myers	16:08	0	0	0	1	2
Jordan Leopold	15:55	0	0	0	2	0
Jochen Hecht	15:32	0	1	1	3	0
Marcus Foligno	15:10	0	1	1	2	1
Mikhail Grigorenko	8:57	0	1	1	2	0
Matt Ellis	7:33	0	0	0	0	2
Nathan Gerbe	6:41	0	0	0	0	0
John Scott	4:28	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ryan MillerW	59:56	41	4	.902	+0.21