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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Surrenders three goals in loss
Charlie Lindgren allowed three goals on 31 shots in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Penguins. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.Lindgren took his second straight loss, giving up the decisive goal to Evgeni Malkin midway through the third period. The 30-year-old Lindgren has allowed at least three goals in five of his seven starts this season. He's now 3-4-0 with a 2.76 GAA and an .897 save percentage. The Washington Capitals will likely start Logan Thompson at St. Louis on Saturday, and with Thompson undefeated so far, he could be in line to take on a larger role if Lindgren remains middling in his starts.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Facing Penguins
Charlie Lindgren will be between the home pipes versus Pittsburgh on Friday, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News reports.The Washington Capitals have been alternating Lindgren and Logan Thompson all season and it's Lindgren's turn Friday. The 30-year-old netminder is 3-3-0 with a 2.70 GAA and an .896 save percentage in six starts this season. He will face a tired Pittsburgh team that dropped a 5-1 decision to Carolina on Thursday.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Falls to Carolina on Sunday
Charlie Lindgren made 41 saves on 44 shots in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Hurricanes. Carolina's final goal was scored into an empty net.Lindgren performed admirably to keep the game competitive, but the Caps were thoroughly outplayed by Carolina in the loss. The Minnesota native has allowed nine goals over his last three appearances while being tagged with two losses during that span. Lindgren sports a 3-3-0 record, .896 save percentage and 2.70 GAA through six outings.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Starting in Carolina
Charlie Lindgren will guard the road net Sunday against the Hurricanes, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.Lindgren's gone 3-2-0 with a subpar .882 save percentage while splitting starts with Logan Thompson this year. Lindgren will have a tough matchup with a Carolina team that's averaging 3.89 goals per game.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Beats former team
Charlie Lindgren stopped 13 of 16 shots in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Canadiens.Lindgren didn't see a lot of volume but allowed three goals for the second consecutive contest. He has a lackluster .838 save percentage in his last two starts, but he managed to sneak away with a win over his former club. The Washington Capitals and Lindgren are back in action Saturday at home against the Blue Jackets, who have won two consecutive games and sit eighth in the Eastern Conference but will be coming off a back-to-back.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: First off ice Thursday
Charlie Lindgren was the first goaltender off the ice at practice, according to Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network, and he's slated to get the home start versus Montreal on Thursday.The Washington Capitals have not allowed many shots in Lindgren's four starts, as he is seeing an average of 23.75 shots per game. Lindgren is 2-2-0 with a 2.52 GAA and .895 save percentage this season. The Canadiens have found the back of the net 29 times in 10 games.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Gets short straw Saturday
Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves in a 3-0 loss to the Lightning on Saturday.Andrei Vasilevskiy was outstanding at the other end of the ice, and Lindgren ended up with the short straw and no help in a loss. The 30-year-old Lindgren and Logan Thompson are rolling a platoon, alternating starts in the Washington net. Lindgren is 2-2-0 with a 2.52 GAA and an .895 save percentage. Washington has played better than expected this season, making Lindgren a helpful fantasy netminder.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Starting in Tampa
Charlie Lindgren will guard the road net Saturday against the Lightning, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.Lindgren has won his last two starts, allowing just three goals on 42 shots in that span. He'll have a tougher task Saturday against a Lightning team averaging four goals per game through seven outings this campaign.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Grounds Flyers
Charlie Lindgren stopped 17 of 18 shots faced during Tuesday's 4-1 road win over the Flyers.Lindgren has allowed three goals over his last two starts after being saddled with a loss in Washington's home opener Oct. 12. The 30-year-old is worth starting whenever he gets the call behind the streaking Washington Capitals, but backup Logan Thompson is expected to get a fair amount of starts in the early going, so Lindgren has yet to secure the kind of workload that would make him a top-tier fantasy netminder.
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Capitals' Charlie Lindgren: Set to start Tuesday
Charlie Lindgren is slated to start Tuesday's road game against Philadelphia, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports.The Washington Capitals have a back-to-back against the Flyers on Tuesday and Wednesday, so Lindgren will get the road start Tuesday while Logan Thompson starts at home Wednesday. Lindgren has started in two of the Capitals' first four games of the season, posting a 1-1-0 record, 3.05 GAA and .893 save percentage.