Getting back in there with the guys and being in the room again, I can’t overstate how much I love this team and how much I love the guys,” Lindgren said after Thursday’s game.
Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren practiced with the team on Wednesday for the first time since his upper-body injury on Friday.
Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s league record.
Washington Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren on Saturday delivered the most ridiculous save of the year. Lindgren’s Capitals were trailing the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
Lindgren is expected to start on the road against Vancouver on Saturday, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports. Lindgren will make his second straight start after earning a 22-save shutout over Seattle on Thursday.
Tuesday night's game at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, is the first time these teams square off this season.
The NHL-leading Washington Capitals have signed goaltender Logan Thompson to a six-year contract extension worth $35.1 million. Thompson will count $5.85 million against the salary cap from when the new deal kicks in next season through 2030-31.
The Washington Capitals' goalie tandem has been stellar this year, but Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren are pending UFAs without extensions yet.
The Eastern Conference-leading Capitals will arrive in Calgary on Tuesday night coming off a 2-1 loss to the Canucks on Saturday. Will Washington rebound or is there a better bet in tonight’s Capitals vs. Flames matchup at 9:00 p.m. ET?
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was on Sirius XM NHL Network Radio Morning Skate with Scott Laughlin and Gord Stellick and was asked about the Washington Capitals goalie situation and if they could keep both Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren.
Sportsnet: Stephen Whyno on the Washington Capitals may want to extend defenseman Jakob Chychrun before getting to pending UFA goaltenders Logan Thompson or Charlie Lindgren.