2026-27 · Sunday, November 8

VGK 4 — BUF 1

WAR BoxKeyBank Center
VGK11-5-226 SOG
4
FinalLSun, Nov 8
1
BUF8-5-329 SOG
Deserves to winexpected goals share, score-adjusted
50%
50%
Team gradegraded against everyone on the ice that night · C is an ordinary NHL game
B
Lost by 31G · 2A · 28 shots · 15 blocks
Production
D
Offense
A+
Defense
A+
Power play
D
Penalty kill
A-
SkaterTOIOverallProdOffDefPPPK
Jason Zucker13:52D+DDC-B-
Jiri Kulich10:29C-D-D+C+B+
Rasmus Dahlin23:14CDB+D+DA-
Josh Norris12:57CDC-BB
Jack Quinn16:43CDB+C+D-
Olen Zellweger15:35CDC-A-CB
Owen Power22:04CD-B+CC+A-
Zach Metsa11:38CD-C-A-
Noah Ostlund18:23CD+BC+D-A
Josh Doan15:52C+DBB-B-A
Mattias Samuelsson24:05BC+B+BC
Zach Benson22:12BC-A-A+D-A
Tyson Kozak11:33BCA-AD+
Tage Thompson19:04BD+A+AD-C+
Sam Carrick9:23B+DA+A+A-
Conor Timmins17:46B+DA+AC-
Peyton Krebs16:50B+C-AAC+
Beck Malenstyn13:13A-C+A+A+D+
GoaltenderTOIOverallShotsGASV%Saved
Colten EllisL60:00C254.840-0.68

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