Assuming that Caps’ netminder Charlie Lindgren doesn’t see any action tonight in Anaheim, he’ll have ended November – a month as well-known for lip sweaters as the goalie himself – with a sparkling 5-1-0/.942/2.01 mark. That’s the highest save percentage in the League for the month (minimum five games) and one of the more impressive months for a Washington backstop in some time.
Here’s where Lindgren ranks for the month among NHL goalies in November (minimum 300 minutes for all-situation stats, 250 minutes for 5v5):
And here’s a cool stat for you: at five-on-five, Lindgren faced 47 medium-danger and 66 low-danger shots and stopped every last one of them; all eight goals he allowed at fives in November were classified as high-danger, and the average shot distance of the goals he allowed was 7.9 feet (which is barely more than one Zdeno Chara on skates lying down).
Lindgren’s heroic efforts in net have kept the Caps afloat, much like they did during his 9-2-0/.929/2.02 run last December, stealing games like last night’s:
So here’s to Charlie Lindgren – may his hot streak extend even longer than his glorious bro-merang.