Sabres vs Washington Capitals, March 12, 2026

2025-26 · Thursday, March 12

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BUF1

Buffalo lost 1-2

WAR Box

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

Team gradeC-Lost by 11G · 2A · 30 shots · 10 blocks

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

Skater	TOI	Grade	Prod	Off	Def	PP	PK
Sam Carrick	10:51	B	B	B+	B-		D+
Beck Malenstyn	10:25	B-	C	B+	B+		C
Mattias Samuelsson	20:30	C+	D+	B	B		C
Tanner Pearson	8:58	C+	D	B	B
Peyton Krebs	13:44	C+	D+	B-	B-		B-
Rasmus Dahlin	23:28	C	D-	B	C+	A-	C+
Josh Norris	15:45	C	D	C+	B-	A-
Josh Doan	14:42	C	D	B	C	A-
Logan Stanley	13:02	C	D-	D+	A
Bowen Byram	23:02	C	D+	C+	C-	C-	C-
Tage Thompson	22:04	C	D	C+	C	A-	C+
Noah Ostlund	16:49	C-	D-	D+	B-	D+	B-
Owen Power	21:29	C-	D	B-	D+		D+
Luke Schenn	14:31	C-	D	D	B-		B-
Jason Zucker	17:07	C-	C-	C-	D-	A-
Jack Quinn	16:19	D+	D-	C+	D	D
Zach Benson	17:15	D+	D-	D	C+	D+	D+
Ryan McLeod	17:26	D+	D-	D+	D+	D	C

Goaltender	TOI	Grade	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	58:33	B	22	2	.909	+0.92

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	23:28	0	0	0	2	0
Bowen Byram	23:02	0	0	0	3	1
Tage Thompson	22:04	0	0	0	5	0
Owen Power	21:29	0	1	1	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson	20:30	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan McLeod	17:26	0	0	0	1	1
Zach Benson	17:15	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Zucker	17:07	0	0	0	3	1
Noah Ostlund	16:49	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Quinn	16:19	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Norris	15:45	0	0	0	2	0
Josh Doan	14:42	0	0	0	3	0
Luke Schenn	14:31	0	0	0	0	1
Peyton Krebs	13:44	0	0	0	1	1
Logan Stanley	13:02	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Carrick	10:51	1	0	1	2	1
Beck Malenstyn	10:25	0	1	1	1	0
Tanner Pearson	8:58	0	0	0	3	0

Goaltending

Player	TOI	Shots	GA	SV%	Saved
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenL	58:33	22	2	.909	+0.92