2025-26 · Monday, October 20
BUF2
at
MTL4

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 gradeC+Lost by 22G · 3A · 31 shots · 9 blocks
Production
C-
Offense
B
Defense
B-
Power play
A+
Penalty kill
B
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Tyson Kozak10:59B+BB+B+B-B-
Zach Benson21:11BC-C+A+A
Jiri Kulich18:00BCC+A+B-
Owen Power21:17B-D-A-A-B-A-
Ryan McLeod19:58B-D+A+C-C+
Tage Thompson20:18C+D+CAA
Rasmus Dahlin26:52C+D+A-C+A
Mattias Samuelsson19:13C+D+BB-C
Josh Doan15:53C+C-ADA
Conor Timmins18:47C+D-BB-C-
Bowen Byram23:07CDB+CB-A-
Alex Tuch20:08CDA+D-C+
Jack Quinn13:17CC-D-BB-B-
Josh Dunne6:35C-DDB
Zach Metsa9:02D+DCD+
Peyton Krebs13:29D+D+DC-
Mason Geertsen5:27D+FD+C
Jason Zucker12:35D-D-FFA
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Alex LyonL57:52C+303.900-0.04

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
Rasmus Dahlin26:5201130
Bowen Byram23:0700011
Owen Power21:1700020
Zach Benson21:1101170
Tage Thompson20:1800031
Alex Tuch20:0800020
Ryan McLeod19:5800021
Mattias Samuelsson19:1300012
Conor Timmins18:4700001
Jiri Kulich18:0010120
Josh Doan15:5300021
Peyton Krebs13:2900011
Jack Quinn13:1701110
Jason Zucker12:3500010
Tyson Kozak10:5910120
Zach Metsa9:0200001
Josh Dunne6:3500010
Mason Geertsen5:2700000

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Alex LyonL57:52303.900-0.04