What It Means:

Talbot allowed two goals on 27 shots in a loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday night, but he will tend the Oilers' twine to complete the back-to-back. He's 26-14-7 this season while recording a .920 save percentage and 2.38 goals-against average with four shutouts.

Talbot is numberFire's top-ranked goalie out of the 10 starters in action on Friday night. Our models project him to allow 2.2 goals and make 27.7 saves while having a convincing 75.0 percent chance of earning the win.