2024-25 · Tuesday, December 31
BUF2
at
DAL4

Buffalo lost 2-4

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 22G · 4A · 21 shots · 17 blocks
Production
D+
Offense
B
Defense
C+
Power play
—
Penalty kill
D-
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Beck Malenstyn11:14BA-C-A-D-
Sam Lafferty10:08B-B+CB
Owen Power21:28B-D+A+B-D+
Jason Zucker17:04C+BA-D-
Rasmus Dahlin22:32C+C-B+CB-
Bowen Byram24:46C+C-BC+D+
JJ Peterka15:51CD-B+C+
Dylan Cozens16:26CD-BB-B-
Tage Thompson18:35CCB+D
Jiri Kulich14:50CD-C-A-
Ryan McLeod12:14CD+C-C+C
Jack Quinn15:09C-FA-C-B-
Alex Tuch18:23C-DA-D-C
Zach Benson14:54C-D-D+B
Mattias Samuelsson21:10C-D-B-C-D
Peyton Krebs15:26C-FD+B+D-
Connor Clifton14:31D+D-D-C+
Jacob Bryson15:19DD-DD+D+
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL58:00B323.906+0.85

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
Bowen Byram24:4601105
Rasmus Dahlin22:3200032
Owen Power21:2800022
Mattias Samuelsson21:1000001
Tage Thompson18:3501111
Alex Tuch18:2300020
Jason Zucker17:0410141
Dylan Cozens16:2600011
JJ Peterka15:5100010
Peyton Krebs15:2600000
Jacob Bryson15:1900001
Jack Quinn15:0900000
Zach Benson14:5400010
Jiri Kulich14:5000010
Connor Clifton14:3100010
Ryan McLeod12:1401100
Beck Malenstyn11:1410112
Sam Lafferty10:0801131

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL58:00323.906+0.85