What It Means:

Allen has struggled as of late, dropping four of his past five, including an early hook on Saturday after allowing four goals on 12 shots in a loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. He's now 5-3-3 on the season with a .896 save percentage and 2.62 goals-against average. Allen does get a nice matchup tonight versus a Sabres team that is tied for last in the league in scoring with 1.93 goals per game.

Our models like Allen's chances of turning it around tonight against Buffalo, projecting him to make 24.75 saves on 26.72 shot attempts with a 57.0 percent chance of winning.