Sabres at Nashville Predators, November 28, 2015

2015-16 · Saturday, November 28

BUF4

NSH1

Buffalo won 4-1

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-Won by 33G · 6A · 23 shots · 22 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Sam Reinhart	19:49	A-	B+	A	B+	C-
Evander Kane	22:02	B+	C-	A+	A	A-	D
Jamie McGinn	16:18	B-	C+	D+	A	A-
Zach Bogosian	19:03	C+	D	A	C+	C	A
Ryan O'Reilly	21:35	C+	C-	D+	A-	A-	D
Jake McCabe	17:40	C	C+	C+	C-	B	D+
Matt Moulson	12:45	C	D+	A-	D+	C-
David Legwand	10:48	C-	D+	C-	B-	B-	D+
Josh Gorges	22:55	C-	D	C	B-	C-	D
Tim Schaller	10:18	C-	C-	D	C+		B+
Brian Gionta	18:07	C-	D	B	D	A-	C-
Cody Franson	18:20	C-	C	F	C-	A	D-
Jack Eichel	15:08	D+	D+	B	F	C-
Rasmus Ristolainen	27:36	D+	D	C-	C-	B	D
Carlo Colaiacovo	8:16	D+	C	C-	D-	F
Zemgus Girgensons	14:56	D	D	D-	D	C	D-
Nicolas Deslauriers	11:00	D-	F	F	C-
Marcus Foligno	9:20	D-	D+	F	F		D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonW	60:00	B	27	1	.963	+0.71

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
Rasmus Ristolainen	27:36	0	0	0	1	2
Josh Gorges	22:55	0	0	0	0	2
Evander Kane	22:02	0	1	1	3	0
Ryan O'Reilly	21:35	0	1	1	1	2
Sam Reinhart	19:49	2	0	2	5	1
Zach Bogosian	19:03	0	0	0	0	3
Cody Franson	18:20	0	1	1	2	1
Brian Gionta	18:07	0	0	0	3	0
Jake McCabe	17:40	0	1	1	1	2
Jamie McGinn	16:18	1	0	1	4	0
Jack Eichel	15:08	0	0	0	1	1
Zemgus Girgensons	14:56	0	0	0	0	3
Matt Moulson	12:45	0	1	1	0	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	11:00	0	0	0	0	0
David Legwand	10:48	0	1	1	0	0
Tim Schaller	10:18	0	0	0	1	2
Marcus Foligno	9:20	0	0	0	0	2
Carlo Colaiacovo	8:16	0	0	0	1	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonW	60:00	27	1	.963	+0.71