What It Means:

Ben Bishop has started the previous two contests, but Vasilevskiy is sliding in the crease tonight against a Bruins team scoring 2.22 goals a game (26th in the NHL). He allowed three goals on 23 shots in a loss to the New Jersey Devils last Saturday, and will enter tonight with a 2.05 goals against average and .929 save percentage.

Despite the plus matchup, our models rank Vasilevskiy as the 22nd goalie on FanDuel for a deep Thursday night slate. We do give him a decent 48.0 percent chance of earning a win, but project the 22-year-old to get tagged for 2.60 goals on 26.64 shot attempts.