What It Means:

It will be Bishop's first turn in the crease since December 20 when he went down with a lower-body injury. He's gone 9-10-2 with a 2.79 goals-against average and .907 save percentage so far this season. The Sabres currently rank 26th in the NHL with 2.30 goals for per game.

Our models give Bishop a 55.0 percent chance of picking up a win over Buffalo while projecting him to allow 2.2 goals and record 24.7 saves. He is numberFire's sixth-ranked goalie out of the 18 starters available on Thursday night.