Washington Capitals Goalie Starts 2025-26

2025-26 · 43-30-9 · 95 pts · 4th Metropolitan

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Who started in goal for the Washington Capitals in 2025-26: every game colour-coded by starting goalie, with each goalie's share of starts and how it moved through the season. G1 made the most starts.

Logan Thompson started 58 of 82 Capitals games (71%). Charlie Lindgren had 20 starts and 1 relief appearance. Season: Clear No. 1.

Clear No. 1 The No. 1 started 60-75% of games.

G1Starter
Logan Thompson
Starts
58/82
Share
71%
Last 10
8
31-21-6 · .912 SV% · last start Apr 12
G2Backup
Charlie Lindgren
Starts
20/82
Share
24%
Last 10
1
9-8-3 · .879 SV% · 1 relief · last start Apr 5
G3Third goalie
Clay Stevenson
Starts
4/82
Share
5%
Last 10
1
3-1-0 · .921 SV% · last start Apr 14

Every team: NHL goalie starts by team, 2025-26

Every Capitals game by starting goalie

G1 Logan Thompson
G2 Charlie Lindgren
G3 Clay Stevenson
G4 Garin Bjorklund
G5 Mitchell Gibson
G6 Parker Milner

Filled: started · half: relief · dot: dressed, did not play · blank: not dressed · ▲ second game of a back-to-back

G1Thompson

G2Lindgren

G3Stevenson

G4Bjorklund

G5Gibson

G6Milner

Game

Washington Capitals goalie patterns

Back-to-backs: 14 second games, started by Charlie Lindgren 11, Logan Thompson 2, Clay Stevenson 1.
Home and road: Logan Thompson started 33 of 41 home games and 25 of 41 road games.
Pulled starters: a reliever came in 1 time (1% of games).

Game log

Every game: starter, saves and result (82 games)

Starting goalie in every game
#	Date	Opp	Starter	Saves	Result	Relief
82	Apr 14	@ CBJ	G3 Clay Stevenson	27/28	W	–
81	Apr 12 ▲	vs PIT	G1 Logan Thompson	24/24	W	–
80	Apr 11	@ PIT	G1 Logan Thompson	8/11	W	–
79	Apr 8	@ TOR	G1 Logan Thompson	22/22	W	–
78	Apr 5 ▲	@ NYR	G2 Charlie Lindgren	25/33	L	–
77	Apr 4	vs BUF	G1 Logan Thompson	37/39	W	–
76	Apr 2	@ NJD	G1 Logan Thompson	23/29	L	–
75	Mar 31	vs PHI	G1 Logan Thompson	20/24	W	–
74	Mar 28	@ VGK	G1 Logan Thompson	25/29	W	–
73	Mar 26	@ UTA	G1 Logan Thompson	36/40	W	–
72	Mar 24	@ STL	G1 Logan Thompson	24/26	L	–
71	Mar 22	vs COL	G1 Logan Thompson	21/24	OTL	–
70	Mar 20	vs NJD	G1 Logan Thompson	30/31	W	–
69	Mar 18	vs OTT	G1 Logan Thompson	34/35	W	–
68	Mar 14	vs BOS	G1 Logan Thompson	32/34	OTL	–
67	Mar 12 ▲	@ BUF	G2 Charlie Lindgren	29/30	W	–
66	Mar 11	@ PHI	G1 Logan Thompson	18/21	L	–
65	Mar 9	vs CGY	G1 Logan Thompson	23/26	W	–
64	Mar 7	@ BOS	G1 Logan Thompson	27/29	L	–
63	Mar 3	vs UTA	G1 Logan Thompson	20/23	L	–
62	Feb 28 ▲	@ MTL	G2 Charlie Lindgren	19/23	L	–
61	Feb 27	vs VGK	G1 Logan Thompson	24/26	W	–
60	Feb 25	vs PHI	G1 Logan Thompson	23/24	W	–
59	Feb 5	vs NSH	G1 Logan Thompson	27/29	W	–
58	Feb 3 ▲	@ PHI	G3 Clay Stevenson	18/21	L	–
57	Feb 2	vs NYI	G3 Clay Stevenson	29/30	W	–
56	Jan 31	vs CAR	G3 Clay Stevenson	19/22	W	–
55	Jan 29	@ DET	G2 Charlie Lindgren	18/21	W	–
54	Jan 27	@ SEA	G1 Logan Thompson	27/32	L	–
53	Jan 24 ▲	@ EDM	G2 Charlie Lindgren	34/40	OTL	–
52	Jan 23	@ CGY	G1 Logan Thompson	25/26	W	–
51	Jan 21	@ VAN	G1 Logan Thompson	21/25	L	–
50	Jan 19	@ COL	G2 Charlie Lindgren	39/44	L	–
49	Jan 17	vs FLA	G1 Logan Thompson	26/29	L	–
48	Jan 15	vs SJS	G1 Logan Thompson	23/26	L	–
47	Jan 13	vs MTL	G1 Logan Thompson	23/25	W	–
46	Jan 11	@ NSH	G2 Charlie Lindgren	18/21	L	–
45	Jan 9	@ CHI	G1 Logan Thompson	23/24	W	–
44	Jan 7	vs DAL	G1 Logan Thompson	32/35	L	–
43	Jan 5	vs ANA	G2 Charlie Lindgren	41/45	W	–
42	Jan 3	vs CHI	G1 Logan Thompson	31/33	OTL	–
41	Jan 1 ▲	@ OTT	G1 Logan Thompson	28/32	L	–
40	Dec 31	vs NYR	G2 Charlie Lindgren	22/25	W	–
39	Dec 29	@ FLA	G1 Logan Thompson	24/28	L	–
38	Dec 27	@ NJD	G1 Logan Thompson	35/38	W	–
37	Dec 23	vs NYR	G1 Logan Thompson	14/20	L	–
36	Dec 21 ▲	@ DET	G2 Charlie Lindgren	24/27	OTL	–
35	Dec 20	vs DET	G1 Logan Thompson	36/40	L	–
34	Dec 18	vs TOR	G1 Logan Thompson	22/22	W	–
33	Dec 16	@ MIN	G2 Charlie Lindgren	27/32	L	–
32	Dec 13	@ WPG	G1 Logan Thompson	30/35	L	–
31	Dec 11	vs CAR	G1 Logan Thompson	37/39	OTL	–
30	Dec 7	vs CBJ	G1 Logan Thompson	39/39	W	–
29	Dec 5	@ ANA	G1 Logan Thompson	35/38	OTL	–
28	Dec 3 ▲	@ SJS	G2 Charlie Lindgren	23/24	W	–
27	Dec 2	@ LAK	G1 Logan Thompson	24/25	W	–
26	Nov 30	@ NYI	G1 Logan Thompson	30/31	W	–
25	Nov 28	vs TOR	G1 Logan Thompson	20/22	W	–
24	Nov 26	vs WPG	G2 Charlie Lindgren	18/21	W	–
23	Nov 24	vs CBJ	G1 Logan Thompson	22/23	W	–
22	Nov 22	vs TBL	G1 Logan Thompson	2/6	L	Charlie Lindgren
21	Nov 20 ▲	@ MTL	G2 Charlie Lindgren	24/28	W	–
20	Nov 19	vs EDM	G1 Logan Thompson	26/30	W	–
19	Nov 17	vs LAK	G2 Charlie Lindgren	30/31	W	–
18	Nov 15	vs NJD	G1 Logan Thompson	29/31	OTL	–
17	Nov 13	@ FLA	G1 Logan Thompson	22/27	L	–
16	Nov 11	@ CAR	G1 Logan Thompson	30/31	W	–
15	Nov 8	@ TBL	G1 Logan Thompson	17/20	L	–
14	Nov 6 ▲	@ PIT	G2 Charlie Lindgren	26/30	L	–
13	Nov 5	vs STL	G1 Logan Thompson	23/24	W	–
12	Nov 1 ▲	@ BUF	G2 Charlie Lindgren	21/24	OTL	–
11	Oct 31	vs NYI	G1 Logan Thompson	20/22	L	–
10	Oct 28	@ DAL	G1 Logan Thompson	18/19	L	–
9	Oct 25 ▲	vs OTT	G2 Charlie Lindgren	27/34	L	–
8	Oct 24	@ CBJ	G1 Logan Thompson	34/35	W	–
7	Oct 21	vs SEA	G1 Logan Thompson	18/19	W	–
6	Oct 19	vs VAN	G2 Charlie Lindgren	20/24	L	–
5	Oct 17	vs MIN	G1 Logan Thompson	13/14	W	–
4	Oct 14	vs TBL	G1 Logan Thompson	17/19	W	–
3	Oct 12 ▲	@ NYR	G2 Charlie Lindgren	35/35	W	–
2	Oct 11	@ NYI	G1 Logan Thompson	34/36	W	–
1	Oct 8	vs BOS	G1 Logan Thompson	19/21	L	–

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Washington Capitals goalie starts FAQ

Who was the Washington Capitals starting goalie in 2025-26?

Logan Thompson made the most starts: 58 of 82 (71%), going 31-21-6.

How often did the Washington Capitals backup goalie start in 2025-26?

Charlie Lindgren had 20 starts (24% of games) plus 1 relief appearance.

Who started the second game of Washington Capitals back-to-backs in 2025-26?

Logan Thompson started 2 of 14 second games; the other goalies started 12.