What It Means:

Hammond stopped all 17 shots he faced after replacing the injured Craig Anderson in the Senators' shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. Hammond went on a crazy run at this time last season, but that seems unlikely this year. The 28-year-old has gone 3-6-3 with a 2.98 goals against average and .903 save percentage this season. He draws a rough matchup tonight with the Lightning in town. Tampa Bay has won seven straight games.

Our daily projections have Hammond allowing 2.75 goals on 27.50 shots with a 39 percent chance of getting the win. He's our next-to-last option out of 24 possible goalies for Thursday night.