Sabres at Washington Capitals, December 30, 2015

2015-16 · Wednesday, December 30

BUF2

WSH5

Buffalo lost 2-5

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 32G · 3A · 26 shots · 19 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jack Eichel	18:08	B	B-	A+	C	B+
Zemgus Girgensons	16:36	B-	B-	C+	C+	A	C+
Brian Gionta	15:50	C+	C	B-	C+	A	C
Rasmus Ristolainen	25:19	C	D	B+	C	D	C
Nicolas Deslauriers	9:09	C	C+	C-	C
Sam Reinhart	19:10	C-	D	B+	C-	D-	C+
Ryan O'Reilly	21:23	C-	D-	A	D+	D-	C+
Josh Gorges	19:11	C-	D	D-	B		C
Mike Weber	11:54	D+	D-	C-	C		C+
Cody Franson	15:17	D+	D	C	D-	A	C+
Zach Bogosian	22:17	D+	D+	C-	D	C-	C-
Evander Kane	21:04	D+	D+	F	C-	A-	C
Jake McCabe	20:29	D+	D+	C-	D-	B+	C
Marcus Foligno	10:11	D	F	D-	C+
Jamie McGinn	16:08	D	D	D	D+	F
David Legwand	8:40	D	F	D-	C		B-
Tyler Ennis	8:21	D-	F	C-	D-	F
Johan Larsson	14:44	D-	D	F	F	D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonL	59:02	C-	42	4	.905	-0.78

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	25:19	0	0	0	1	2
Zach Bogosian	22:17	0	0	0	0	3
Ryan O'Reilly	21:23	0	0	0	2	0
Evander Kane	21:04	0	0	0	6	2
Jake McCabe	20:29	0	0	0	0	4
Josh Gorges	19:11	0	0	0	0	2
Sam Reinhart	19:10	0	0	0	3	0
Jack Eichel	18:08	0	2	2	5	0
Zemgus Girgensons	16:36	1	1	2	3	0
Jamie McGinn	16:08	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Gionta	15:50	1	0	1	2	0
Cody Franson	15:17	0	0	0	1	2
Johan Larsson	14:44	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Weber	11:54	0	0	0	1	0
Marcus Foligno	10:11	0	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	9:09	0	0	0	2	2
David Legwand	8:40	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Ennis	8:21	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Chad JohnsonL	59:02	42	4	.905	-0.78