What It Means:

Rask is coming off a rough start on Tuesday where he was pulled after allowing three goals on only 13 shots. He has struggled overall in December with a 2.51 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage in December. Rask gets to face the Panthers, who he has dominated this season, while allowing 1.98 goals per game with a .938 save percentage in two starts, both wins.

Our models have Rask as the third-best goalie option Thursday with projections of 27.2 saves, 2.2 goals allowed and a 54.0 percent chance of winning.