What It Means:

Teammate Anders Nilsson was scheduled to play Friday, but the Oilers have decided to give Talbot back-to-back starts. Talbot stopped 34 of 36 shots in a loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Talbot owns a .911 save percentage and 2.71 goals against average in 40 games this season. His 22 losses are currently the most in the league. We project him to face 28.47 shots from the Ducks and make 25.80 saves (2.66 goals against), giving himself just a 33 percent chance of earning the win.