2025-26 · Thursday, January 22
BUF4
at
MTL2

Buffalo won 4-2

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+Won by 23G · 5A · 16 shots · 17 blocks
Production
C
Offense
D
Defense
D
Power play
F
Penalty kill
A+
SkaterTOIGradeProdOffDefPPPK
Konsta Helenius9:36B+B+B+B
Zach Benson10:47BBBB+D+
Jason Zucker17:00B-B-B-B-D
Noah Ostlund13:02C+DB+BD
Jack Quinn16:57CD+CB-D+
Ryan McLeod20:53CD-B-C+D+A-
Michael Kesselring12:04CDBCC-
Beck Malenstyn11:41CBDC-A-
Jacob Bryson6:17C-D+C+C-
Rasmus Dahlin22:53C-DB-D+A-
Owen Power26:25D+DDB-D+A
Alex Tuch19:46D+C+FD-C-A-
Mattias Samuelsson23:03D+D+D+D-CA
Jordan Greenway10:57DFDD+A-
Tage Thompson17:14DD+D-D-DB-
Bowen Byram27:21D-FFD+DA-
Peyton Krebs10:38D-DDF
Josh Doan15:26D-FDFDB-
GoaltenderTOIGradeShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW60:00B342.941+1.10

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 Byram27:2100010
Owen Power26:2500002
Mattias Samuelsson23:0301101
Rasmus Dahlin22:5300011
Ryan McLeod20:5301100
Alex Tuch19:4600043
Tage Thompson17:1400012
Jason Zucker17:0010121
Jack Quinn16:5701110
Josh Doan15:2600000
Noah Ostlund13:0201100
Michael Kesselring12:0400021
Beck Malenstyn11:4110112
Jordan Greenway10:5700000
Zach Benson10:4710120
Peyton Krebs10:3800001
Konsta Helenius9:3601111
Jacob Bryson6:1700002

Goaltending

PlayerTOIShotsGASV%Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenW60:00342.941+1.10