Sabres at Nashville Predators, January 18, 2020

2019-20 · Saturday, January 18

BUF1

NSH2

Buffalo lost 1-2

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 · 31 shots · 12 blocks

Production: D
Offense: F
Defense: F
Power play: A
Penalty kill: D-

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Rasmus Dahlin	19:45	C	D+	C-	B	B+
Jake McCabe	13:22	C	C-	C	B-		D
Johan Larsson	16:33	C	C-	C	C		D+
Sam Reinhart	21:26	C-	C+	D-	C-	B+	B
Evan Rodrigues	11:25	C-	D+	C-	C-
Brandon Montour	20:11	D+	D+	C-	D+	B-	D
Kyle Okposo	16:04	D+	D-	C+	D+	B
Henri Jokiharju	17:52	D+	D	F	B-	C+	B+
Lawrence Pilut	13:58	D+	D+	F	B-		A-
Marcus Johansson	19:17	D+	D-	D-	C	B+
Jack Eichel	24:22	D+	D+	D	D-	B	B+
Conor Sheary	11:53	D+	F	C+	D-	B
Zemgus Girgensons	14:44	D	D-	D+	C-		D+
Zach Bogosian	14:48	D	D	C+	F		D-
Curtis Lazar	13:40	D	D	D-	C-		D-
Michael Frolik	13:56	D	D	D+	D-		D-
Jimmy Vesey	14:19	D	D	D	D	B
Rasmus Ristolainen	18:38	D	D+	F	F	B	D-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Linus UllmarkL	59:40	B+	37	2	.946	+1.46

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
Jack Eichel	24:22	0	0	0	3	1
Sam Reinhart	21:26	1	0	1	2	1
Brandon Montour	20:11	0	0	0	2	1
Rasmus Dahlin	19:45	0	1	1	4	0
Marcus Johansson	19:17	0	0	0	3	0
Rasmus Ristolainen	18:38	0	0	0	1	2
Henri Jokiharju	17:52	0	0	0	0	2
Johan Larsson	16:33	0	0	0	2	2
Kyle Okposo	16:04	0	0	0	1	0
Zach Bogosian	14:48	0	0	0	2	0
Zemgus Girgensons	14:44	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Vesey	14:19	0	0	0	2	0
Lawrence Pilut	13:58	0	0	0	0	2
Michael Frolik	13:56	0	0	0	3	0
Curtis Lazar	13:40	0	0	0	0	1
Jake McCabe	13:22	0	1	1	1	0
Conor Sheary	11:53	0	0	0	1	0
Evan Rodrigues	11:25	0	0	0	3	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Linus UllmarkL	59:40	37	2	.946	+1.46