Sabres at Colorado Avalanche, February 25, 2017

2016-17 · Saturday, February 25

BUF3

COL5

Buffalo lost 3-5

WAR Box

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

Team gradeB-Lost by 23G · 6A · 37 shots · 9 blocks

Production: B-
Offense: B-
Defense: B
Power play: B+
Penalty kill: A

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Justin Bailey	13:09	B+	A-	A+	C	B-
Cody Franson	17:32	B	D-	A+	A	B-	A-
Zemgus Girgensons	13:56	B-	C	C+	A-	B-	A-
Zach Bogosian	19:46	B-	D	A+	C	B-	A-
Tyler Ennis	10:00	B-	C	D+	A	B
Marcus Foligno	12:11	B-	B	C+	C+	B-	B-
Jack Eichel	22:11	B-	D+	B-	A-	C+
Josh Gorges	13:06	C+	D-	B+	B		B-
Matt Moulson	9:20	C+	C+	D	B	B
Ryan O'Reilly	19:34	C+	D-	A	C+	C+	C+
Evander Kane	22:04	C+	D-	B-	B+	B	B-
Kyle Okposo	19:37	C	D-	A+	C-	C+
Evan Rodrigues	8:46	C	B	C-	D-		B-
Dmitry Kulikov	18:47	C-	D	B-	D+	B-	A-
Sam Reinhart	19:56	C-	C-	C-	D+	C+
Rasmus Ristolainen	25:30	C-	C	F	C	C+	B
Brian Gionta	12:41	C-	F	F	A-	A-	B+
Jake McCabe	17:30	D+	D+	D-	C-		C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:24	D	29	4	.862	-1.95

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	25:30	0	1	1	6	1
Jack Eichel	22:11	0	1	1	2	0
Evander Kane	22:04	0	0	0	2	0
Sam Reinhart	19:56	1	0	1	3	0
Zach Bogosian	19:46	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Okposo	19:37	0	0	0	2	0
Ryan O'Reilly	19:34	0	0	0	2	0
Dmitry Kulikov	18:47	0	0	0	0	2
Cody Franson	17:32	0	0	0	0	1
Jake McCabe	17:30	0	0	0	1	1
Zemgus Girgensons	13:56	0	1	1	5	0
Justin Bailey	13:09	0	1	1	4	2
Josh Gorges	13:06	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Gionta	12:41	0	0	0	1	0
Marcus Foligno	12:11	1	0	1	4	0
Tyler Ennis	10:00	0	1	1	1	0
Matt Moulson	9:20	0	1	1	2	0
Evan Rodrigues	8:46	1	0	1	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Robin LehnerL	58:24	29	4	.862	-1.95