What It Means:

Allen is coming off a 30-save shutout versus the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday and actually has played quite well recently, despite the poor season-long stats. He has allowed only four goals on 87 shots (95.3 percent) in his last three starts. Allen owns a 2.74 goals-against average, a .900 save percentage and a 19-14-3 record for the year.

Our models project Allen to stop 26.4-of-29.4 shots faced, with only a 45.0 percent chance of winning, for 15.1 fantasy points on Thursday. That makes him numberFire's fourth-ranked goalie for the 11-game slate.