What It Means:

Halak was tagged for three goals on 25 shot attempts against the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday night in a relief effort for Thomas Greiss during a 6-1 beatdown. He's back in the crosshairs Thursday versus a Flyers team currently scoring 3.55 goals for per game, which is second-best in the NHL. Halak owns a 2-3-0 record with a 3.15 goals against average and .898 save percentage in six starts this season.

Our models project Halak to make 23.93 saves on 26.04 shot attempts while giving him a 54.0 percent chance of picking up the win against a Philadelphia squad playing the second set of a back-to-back.