2016-17 · Saturday, December 17
BUF1
at
CAR2

Buffalo lost 1-2 in overtime

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 11G · 2A · 24 shots · 14 blocks
Production
D-
Offense
C-
Defense
C-
Power play
—
Penalty kill
A+
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Sam Reinhart16:21B-D+B-A-B
Jake McCabe21:40C+DAC+
Marcus Foligno15:00C+CADA+
Dmitry Kulikov23:07C+C-BCA+
Ryan O'Reilly20:29CDB+C-A-
Rasmus Ristolainen25:18CDB+D+B-
Jack Eichel21:16C-D-CC+
Johan Larsson16:59C-DBD+
Cody Franson16:47C-C-FB+
Zemgus Girgensons11:20C-C-D-C+A
Matt Moulson14:38C-DD+B-
Zach Bogosian21:17C-D+C-CA+
William Carrier10:20C-DD+B-
Evander Kane18:11C-CDC-C
Josh Gorges16:51C-D+D-B-B-
Kyle Okposo20:07D+D-C+D+
Brian Gionta15:49DD-D+DC-
Nicolas Deslauriers7:30FFFD-
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Anders NilssonOTL65:00A-221.955+1.84

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

PlayerTOIGAPShotsBlocks
Rasmus Ristolainen25:1800011
Dmitry Kulikov23:0700032
Jake McCabe21:4001110
Zach Bogosian21:1700013
Jack Eichel21:1600020
Ryan O'Reilly20:2900011
Kyle Okposo20:0700010
Evander Kane18:1110120
Johan Larsson16:5900030
Josh Gorges16:5100011
Cody Franson16:4700021
Sam Reinhart16:2100011
Brian Gionta15:4900010
Marcus Foligno15:0001102
Matt Moulson14:3800020
Zemgus Girgensons11:2000021
William Carrier10:2000001
Nicolas Deslauriers7:3000000

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Anders NilssonOTL65:00221.955+1.84