2017-18 · Thursday, February 22
BUF3
at
DET2

Buffalo won 3-2 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 gradeB-Won by 13G · 6A · 30 shots · 23 blocks
Production
B-
Offense
C+
Defense
C+
Power play
B+
Penalty kill
D+
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Casey Nelson19:44BC-A-AB+
Johan Larsson18:22BB-BB+C
Evander Kane20:06BCA+CC
Sam Reinhart20:56B-CA+C-B+
Marco Scandella28:28B-CBA-BD+
Ryan O'Reilly22:21B-D+A+C-B+D+
Nathan Beaulieu17:22C+B-D+B+
Rasmus Ristolainen28:00C+B-C+C+BC-
Jason Pominville15:25C+CB-C+C
Zemgus Girgensons12:32C+C-C-A-C
Victor Antipin15:42C-D-A-D-CC+
Scott Wilson15:39D+D-D+C+
Josh Gorges13:01D+C-DC-C
Jacob Josefson11:09D+DFB-C
Kyle Okposo13:36DFFC+B+
Benoit Pouliot13:50DD-D-C-CC-
Nick Baptiste8:15DFD-C+
Evan Rodrigues15:27DFD-D+B+
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Robin LehnerW64:34B+321.969+1.39

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
Marco Scandella28:2810114
Rasmus Ristolainen28:0011234
Ryan O'Reilly22:2100041
Sam Reinhart20:5601141
Evander Kane20:0610130
Casey Nelson19:4400023
Johan Larsson18:2202222
Nathan Beaulieu17:2201131
Victor Antipin15:4200001
Scott Wilson15:3900010
Evan Rodrigues15:2700010
Jason Pominville15:2501120
Benoit Pouliot13:5000010
Kyle Okposo13:3600000
Josh Gorges13:0100012
Zemgus Girgensons12:3200022
Jacob Josefson11:0900002
Nick Baptiste8:1500000

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Robin LehnerW64:34321.969+1.39