What It Means:

Jones gave up five goals on 29 shots in the Sharks' loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Tonight will be his third start of the season against the Blackhawks. He is 0-1-1 in the previous two.

Jones is our No. 17 option out of the 24 starting goalies tonight. We project him to make 26.04 saves on 28.64 shot attempts. We give him a 46.0 percent chance of improving upon his 24-15-3 record. For the year, Jones has a 2.43 goals against average to go with a .913 save percentage.