Sabres vs New Jersey Devils, January 31, 2021

2020-21 · Sunday, January 31

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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 gradeD+Lost by 23G · 6A · 33 shots · 9 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jack Eichel	21:58	B-	C+	B	C+	B+
Rasmus Ristolainen	28:11	B-	C+	C-	B	A-	B+
Victor Olofsson	20:27	C+	C	B+	C-	A-	C+
Curtis Lazar	12:29	C+	B-	C	B-		B-
Taylor Hall	21:25	C+	D	A	C	B+
Jake McCabe	19:53	C+	C-	B-	C		B+
Casey Mittelstadt	10:40	C-	F	C-	B+
Riley Sheahan	12:01	C-	F	C	C+		B
Rasmus Dahlin	21:32	D+	D+	D-	C-	A-
Matt Irwin	13:15	D+	C	D+	D-		C+
Colin Miller	14:19	D+	D-	D	C-	B-	B+
Brandon Montour	22:46	D	D	C-	D-	C	B-
Eric Staal	13:44	D	D	D	D	B+
Dylan Cozens	12:23	D	F	D	D+	B+
Tobias Rieder	14:02	D-	D	D-	F		A-
Kyle Okposo	9:51	D-	D	D	F
Jeff Skinner	13:50	D-	D-	F	D+	B
Cody Eakin	13:11	D-	F	D-	F		A-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Carter HuttonL	58:03	C+	36	4	.889	+0.06

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	28:11	1	1	2	4	1
Brandon Montour	22:46	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Eichel	21:58	0	2	2	7	0
Rasmus Dahlin	21:32	1	0	1	4	0
Taylor Hall	21:25	0	0	0	3	0
Victor Olofsson	20:27	0	2	2	2	0
Jake McCabe	19:53	0	1	1	1	1
Colin Miller	14:19	0	0	0	2	1
Tobias Rieder	14:02	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Skinner	13:50	0	0	0	1	0
Eric Staal	13:44	0	0	0	2	0
Matt Irwin	13:15	0	0	0	5	2
Cody Eakin	13:11	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Lazar	12:29	1	0	1	2	0
Dylan Cozens	12:23	0	0	0	0	0
Riley Sheahan	12:01	0	0	0	0	0
Casey Mittelstadt	10:40	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Okposo	9:51	0	0	0	0	1

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Carter HuttonL	58:03	36	4	.889	+0.06