{"id":294561,"date":"2025-01-18T19:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/capitals-to-welcome-back-part-of-goalie-tandem\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T19:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T19:38:32","slug":"capitals-to-welcome-back-part-of-goalie-tandem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/capitals-to-welcome-back-part-of-goalie-tandem\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals to welcome back part of goalie tandem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Capitals will welcome back part of their goalie tandem Saturday against Pittsburgh. \u00a0The team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/capitals\/news\/capitals-loan-hunter-shepard-to-hershey-x7077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>that they had activated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindgch01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-18_hr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Lindgren<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>off injured reserve and assigned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/shepahu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-18_hr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Shepard<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>to AHL Hershey.<\/p>\n<p>The move effectively reverses the one made last weekend. \u00a0Lindgren had just suffered an upper-body injury at that time, and the placement meant he\u2019d miss at least a week. \u00a0Fortunately for Washington, he\u2019ll only miss the minimum amount of time, although he\u2019ll serve as the backup and not the starter Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lindgren has been in a platoon with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomplo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-18_hr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Thompson<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>this season and had a decent first half. \u00a0Through his first 21 starts, he has a 2.65 GAA (down slightly from last year) and a .900 SV%, which are better than the NHL average. \u00a0The 31-year-old is in the final season of his contract, carrying a bargain $1.1M price tag. \u00a0He\u2019s well-positioned to more than double that on the open market this summer, barring a significant collapse in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>As for Shepard, he didn\u2019t see any action from Washington while on recall, with Thompson shouldering the workload in Lindgren\u2019s absence. \u00a0The 29-year-old made his first NHL appearances last season, getting into four games while winning the Most Outstanding Goaltender award in the AHL. 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