Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will get the call Thursday night versus the Boston Bruins.
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.
Source: dailyfaceoff