What It Means:

Ward has been really struggling recently. He's 1-3 in his last four starts and has allowed at least four goals in each of those games -- giving up 21 goals on 117 shots for a .821 save percentage in that stretch.

Our models don't expect Ward to get back in the win column tonight, projecting him for 22.5 saves, 2.4 goals against and a 41.0 percent chance of scoring a win. He is our 22nd-ranked fantasy goalie on Thursday's 13-game slate.