Sabres vs Washington Capitals, January 14, 2021

2020-21 · Thursday, January 14

WSH6

BUF4

Buffalo lost 4-6

WAR Box

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

Team gradeCLost by 23G · 6A · 24 shots · 7 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jake McCabe	16:36	B	B+	B-	B+	C	D-
Colin Miller	15:14	B-	D+	B+	B+
Jeff Skinner	14:25	C+	D	B+	B+	C-
Eric Staal	14:45	C+	C-	C+	B	C-	C-
Curtis Lazar	11:33	C+	D	B+	B-		D+
Victor Olofsson	18:10	C	C	D	B	B-
Tobias Rieder	11:36	C	B	C	D+	C	D+
Jack Eichel	22:12	C	C-	C-	C+	B-
Henri Jokiharju	14:56	C	F	B+	C+		C-
Rasmus Ristolainen	22:22	C	D	D+	B	C-	C-
Taylor Hall	19:30	C	D+	C+	C	B-
Sam Reinhart	19:34	C-	D-	D+	B+	B-	F
Riley Sheahan	9:55	C-	D-	B-	C-		D+
Tage Thompson	17:08	C-	D+	C+	C-	B-
Dylan Cozens	12:09	C-	C	C-	D+	C-
Cody Eakin	13:23	C-	F	B	C-	C	D+
Rasmus Dahlin	24:20	D	D	F	C-	B-
Brandon Montour	20:37	D-	F	F	D+		D-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Carter HuttonL	58:36	F	27	5	.815	-2.93

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 Dahlin	24:20	0	0	0	4	0
Rasmus Ristolainen	22:22	0	0	0	1	2
Jack Eichel	22:12	0	2	2	1	0
Brandon Montour	20:37	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Reinhart	19:34	0	0	0	1	0
Taylor Hall	19:30	1	0	1	2	0
Victor Olofsson	18:10	0	1	1	1	1
Tage Thompson	17:08	0	1	1	2	0
Jake McCabe	16:36	1	1	2	1	1
Colin Miller	15:14	0	0	0	1	1
Henri Jokiharju	14:56	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Staal	14:45	0	0	0	1	2
Jeff Skinner	14:25	0	0	0	2	0
Cody Eakin	13:23	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Cozens	12:09	0	1	1	1	0
Tobias Rieder	11:36	1	0	1	3	0
Curtis Lazar	11:33	0	0	0	2	0
Riley Sheahan	9:55	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Carter HuttonL	58:36	27	5	.815	-2.93