Sabres at New York Islanders, December 23, 2024

2024-25 · Monday, December 23

BUF7

NYI1

Buffalo won 7-1

WAR Box

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

Team gradeA-Won by 66G · 10A · 24 shots · 29 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Jiri Kulich	14:57	B+	A+	A+	D	D+
Dylan Cozens	15:22	B+	A-	B-	A	D+	B-
Rasmus Dahlin	23:11	B+	B-	A-	B+	C+
Jack Quinn	15:10	B-	A-	D	B+	C+
Jacob Bryson	15:30	B-	C	A-	B-
Beck Malenstyn	13:16	B-	B	B-	C+		B-
Bowen Byram	21:07	B-	D+	B+	A-	D+	B
JJ Peterka	18:01	B-	C+	C+	B	C+
Jason Zucker	15:53	C+	C+	D	A-	C+
Alex Tuch	16:33	C+	D	C+	A-	C-	B
Zach Benson	13:43	C	C+	B	D-	C+	B-
Connor Clifton	15:38	C	C	B-	C-		C
Peyton Krebs	12:05	C	C-	B+	D
Ryan McLeod	13:38	C	D	B-	C	B-
Tage Thompson	17:04	C	D-	D+	A-	C+
Mattias Samuelsson	20:57	C	D+	C	C+		B
Sam Lafferty	11:50	C	F	B-	B-	B-
Owen Power	20:05	C-	D+	D+	C-	C	B-

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW	60:00	B	27	1	.963	+0.90

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	23:11	0	3	3	1	2
Bowen Byram	21:07	0	0	0	1	3
Mattias Samuelsson	20:57	0	0	0	1	2
Owen Power	20:05	0	0	0	2	2
JJ Peterka	18:01	0	1	1	4	1
Tage Thompson	17:04	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Tuch	16:33	0	0	0	0	5
Jason Zucker	15:53	1	0	1	2	0
Connor Clifton	15:38	0	0	0	2	4
Jacob Bryson	15:30	0	1	1	0	3
Dylan Cozens	15:22	0	2	2	2	2
Jack Quinn	15:10	1	1	2	2	1
Jiri Kulich	14:57	2	1	3	3	0
Zach Benson	13:43	1	0	1	2	0
Ryan McLeod	13:38	0	1	1	0	0
Beck Malenstyn	13:16	1	0	1	1	2
Peyton Krebs	12:05	0	0	0	1	1
Sam Lafferty	11:50	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW	60:00	27	1	.963	+0.90