What It Means:

Talbot returns to the post for Edmonton after Jonas Gustavsson took over for a night on Sunday. He is 13-9-2 so far this season while posting a 2.55 goals-against average and .916 save percentage. Meanwhile, the Sabres are on the second night of a back-to-back and rank dead-last in the league with 2.00 goals for per game.

numberFire's metrics give Talbot a 44.0 percent chance of winning Tuesday night while projecting him to make 25.9 saves on 28.3 shot attempts.