What It Means:

Normal starter Ben Bishop is not healthy enough to play yet, so Vasilevskiy draws another start in a crucial Game 4. Pittsburgh is up 2-1 in the series. Vasilevskiy played 24 games in the regular season and posted a .910 save percentage, to go with a 2.76 goals against average.

He's appeared in 4 games in the playoffs and owns a .935 save percentage and a 2.45 goals against average. We project Vasilevskiy to face 26.50 shots on Friday, making 23.91 saves (2.59 goals allowed), and giving himself a 40 percent chance at earning the victory.