Charlie Lindgren made 37 saves, including 14 in the third period, to help the visiting Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Wednesday night. Anthony Mantha and Connor McMichael each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, who had lost two in a row. Aliaksei Protas had two assists. Arthur Kaliyev scored for the Kings, who had won five straight.
The league average save percentage this season heading into Sunday's games stood at .898, a small slip from last season's .899 while continuing a trend that started in 2013-14. With more talent and better execution - especially on the power play - good goalies have become even harder to find. The 2013-14 average save percentage was .911 with an average PP efficiency of 17.89 percent. Who would've thought that over a month into the season the league's best goalies would include Semyon Varlamov, Charlie Lindgren and Cam Talbot?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored the 827th goal of his NHL career and the Washington Capitals handed the Columbus Blue Jackets their eighth consecutive loss, 4-3 on Saturday night. The Capitals have won four in a row and eight of 10. Ovechkin’s fifth goal of the season put him 67 back of Wayne Gretzky’s […]
No | Player | P |
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27 | D | |
96 | RW | |
19 | C | |
74 | D | |
26 | C | |
6 | D | |
42 | D | |
3 | D | |
46 | D | |
35 | G | |
92 | C | |
29 | C | |
79 | G | |
47 | LW | |
39 | RW | |
24 | C | |
15 | LW | |
77 | RW | |
8 | LW | |
67 | LW | |
45 | C | |
21 | C | |
38 | D | |
17 | C | |
43 | RW | |
57 | D |