Sabres at New York Rangers, January 3, 2017 — W 4-1

2016-17 · Tuesday, January 3

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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 gradeCWon by 34G · 6A · 19 shots · 12 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Zemgus Girgensons	15:31	B-	B-	D+	A+	C	D
Kyle Okposo	17:49	B-	C+	A-	B-	C
Justin Bailey	10:29	B-	B+	A-	D-
Jack Eichel	19:49	C+	C+	C+	B	C-
Evander Kane	20:46	C+	C+	A-	D+	D+	D
Zach Bogosian	22:08	C	C-	B-	C	C	D
Sam Reinhart	17:19	C	C+	A+	F	C-
Matt Moulson	13:09	C	C	D	B-	D+
William Carrier	10:35	C	D+	D-	A-	C
Brian Gionta	18:13	C-	D	D+	B+	D	D
Cody Franson	21:30	C-	D	B	C-	C-
Marcus Foligno	16:46	C-	D-	C	C+	C-
Jake McCabe	20:54	C-	F	C+	C+	D+	D-
Rasmus Ristolainen	26:17	D+	F	C	B-	C-	D-
Taylor Fedun	13:11	D+	D	D	B-	D
Derek Grant	12:09	D+	C-	C	F		D
Nicolas Deslauriers	9:54	D+	F	D-	B
Justin Falk	11:36	D	F	D-	C+		D

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Anders NilssonW	59:55	B+	25	1	.960	+1.20

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	26:17	0	0	0	0	0
Zach Bogosian	22:08	0	0	0	2	4
Cody Franson	21:30	0	0	0	1	1
Jake McCabe	20:54	0	0	0	0	0
Evander Kane	20:46	1	0	1	1	1
Jack Eichel	19:49	1	0	1	1	2
Brian Gionta	18:13	0	1	1	0	0
Kyle Okposo	17:49	0	1	1	2	1
Sam Reinhart	17:19	0	2	2	2	0
Marcus Foligno	16:46	0	0	0	1	0
Zemgus Girgensons	15:31	1	0	1	2	0
Taylor Fedun	13:11	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Moulson	13:09	0	1	1	2	0
Derek Grant	12:09	0	0	0	1	2
Justin Falk	11:36	0	0	0	0	1
William Carrier	10:35	0	1	1	0	0
Justin Bailey	10:29	1	0	1	2	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	9:54	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Anders NilssonW	59:55	25	1	.960	+1.20