What It Means:

Niemi takes over after Kari Lehtonen has protected the Stars' pipes for the last three outings. Niemi is 3-2-1 this season with a .892 save percentage and 3.65 goals-against average, which is worst in the league among all goalies with at least five starts this season. However, the Devils will be without both Taylor Hall and Mike Cammalleri tonight, so Niemi could be a nice value play at his $7,500 price tag. New Jersey is scoring 2.43 goals per game, which ranks 23rd in the league.

numberFire's models give Niemi a 56.0 percent chance of picking up the win Tuesday night while projecting him to make 24.08 saves on 26.43 shot attempts.