2024-25 · Thursday, January 2
BUF5
at
COL6

Buffalo lost 5-6 in overtime

WAR Box

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

Team gradeC+Lost by 15G · 9A · 21 shots · 5 blocks
Production
B+
Offense
B-
Defense
C-
Power play
A
Penalty kill
C
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Jason Zucker18:14A+A+AA-A-
Tage Thompson19:43BA-A-D+A-C+
Zach Benson9:34C+B-CB-F
Beck Malenstyn15:59C+D-A+DB
Mattias Samuelsson24:27CFA-CD
Owen Power22:06CD-AD+B+B
Dylan Cozens18:52CD+BC-B-B+
Peyton Krebs8:42CC-C+C-C+
Jiri Kulich16:36CD-DA-B-
JJ Peterka11:53CCC-D+A-
Bowen Byram21:15C-D+D-B+D+
Alex Tuch19:24C-D-DA-BB-
Ryan McLeod15:17C-DB+D-D
Sam Lafferty10:11C-FA-D-C+
Jacob Bryson13:20C-D-C+C-C+
Rasmus Dahlin23:17D+DD-C+A-B-
Jack Quinn15:22D+DD-C-A-
Connor Clifton12:59DFC-C-D+
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenOTL60:48D+254.840-1.53

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
Mattias Samuelsson24:2700000
Rasmus Dahlin23:1701110
Owen Power22:0600020
Bowen Byram21:1510110
Tage Thompson19:4303341
Alex Tuch19:2400002
Dylan Cozens18:5201110
Jason Zucker18:1431441
Jiri Kulich16:3600010
Beck Malenstyn15:5900001
Jack Quinn15:2201100
Ryan McLeod15:1700030
Jacob Bryson13:2000010
Connor Clifton12:5900000
JJ Peterka11:5301120
Sam Lafferty10:1100000
Zach Benson9:3410110
Peyton Krebs8:4201100

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenOTL60:48254.840-1.53