The Washington Capitals’ goaltending duo of Logan Thompson and Charlie Lindgren will remain together for the next three seasons after The Outlaw put pen to paper on Monday morning.
Lindgren signed a three-year, $9 million contract extension that will keep him in DC through the 2027-28 season.
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The Washington Capitals have re-signed goaltender Charlie Lindgren to a three-year, $9 million contract extension. Lindgren’s contract will carry an average annual value of $3 million.#ALLCAPS | @Shift4
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 3, 2025
“Since joining our organization in 2022, Charlie has consistently demonstrated exceptional professionalism and reliability in net with his athleticism and drive,” Capitals GM Chris Patrick said in a statement. “With both goalies under contract for the next three seasons, we expect this tandem to provide our club stability at a crucial position and push one another to compete and play at a high level.”
Lindgren’s deal comes a little over a month after Thompson inked a six year, $35.1 million extension worth $5.85 million per season. Combined, the duo will count $8.85 million against the cap, which is less than some individual starting goaltenders in the league.
Arguably the Team MVP last season, Lindgren set career highs in games played (50), starts (48), wins (35), and shutouts (6) in 2023-24 after earning a bulk of the playing time from entrenched starter Darcy Kuemper. Lindy’s herculean effort helped push the Capitals into an unlikely playoff spot in game 82 of the regular season.
The 31-year-old Lindgren has followed that up by alternating starts with Thompson in 2024-25, posting a 13-10-3 record, 2.70 goals-against average, and an .898 save percentage in 27 appearances. Lindgren has saved -2.2 goals above expected thus far — good for 64th best in the NHL.
A contract for Lindgren has been rumored since January 31 when ESPN’s Kevin Weekes said the Capitals were exploring an extension with the netminder worth as much as $3.5 to $4 million annually. No further developments had surfaced since then.
Patrick expressed his appreciation of the team’s goaltending setup this season during a pre-Trade Deadline day interview, specifically mentioning that it has allowed each goalie to stay rested throughout a grueling schedule. The Capitals sit in first place in the Eastern Conference and lead the second-place Toronto Maple Leafs by 6 standings points.
“Yeah, it’s been huge,” Patrick said. “I think the trick with goaltending in this league is playing someone that can help get you a win and not burning him out so that by game 82 you’ve got a guy that’s had a heavy workload and is going into the playoffs kind of trying to hold his body together. And I think having two really strong goaltenders has given us the ability to, one, win hockey games, and, two, we have two guys that hopefully be really fresh going into the playoffs to help us win games.”
With Lindgren inked, the Capitals, per Puck Pedia, have a projected $23.12 million available to spend with Jakob Chychrun, Andrew Mangiapane, Taylor Raddysh, Lars Eller, Nic Dowd, Jakub Vrana, and Dylan McIlrath all pending unrestricted free agents. The salary cap is set to rise to $95.5 million for the 2025-26 campaign.
Here’s the full press release from the Capitals:
Capitals Re-sign Charlie Lindgren
Goaltender signs three-year, $9 million contract extension
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have re-signed goaltender Charlie Lindgren to a three-year, $9 million contract extension, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today. Lindgren’s contract will carry an average annual value of $3 million.
“Since joining our organization in 2022, Charlie has consistently demonstrated exceptional professionalism and reliability in net with his athleticism and drive,” said Patrick. “With both goalies under contract for the next three seasons, we expect this tandem to provide our club stability at a crucial position and push one another to compete and play at a high level.”
Lindgren, 31, has a record of 13-10-3 with a 2.70 goals-against average, an .898 save percentage and one shutout in 27 games with Washington this season. Among goaltenders with fewer than 30 starts this season, Lindgren ranks tied for third in wins.
The 6’1”, 190-pound goaltender went 25-16-7 with a 2.67 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage and six shutouts in 50 games with the Capitals in 2023-24. The Lakeville, Minnesota native set single-season career highs in games played, starts (48), wins and shutouts. Lindgren’s six shutouts tied for the League lead, and he ranked eighth in save percentage and ninth in goals-against average among goaltenders with 50 or more games played. Lindgren started 19 of Washington’s final 22 regular-season games, posting a record of 12-6-2 with a 2.39 goals-against average, a .919 save percentage and three shutouts. Lindgren’s 12 wins from March 7 through the end of the regular season ranked first in the NHL, while his three shutouts were tied for first. Lindgren, who started both games of Washington’s back-to-back set to close out the 2023-24 regular season, recorded a shutout on April 15 versus Boston and stopped 27 of 28 shots faced on April 16 at Philadelphia to help the Capitals clinch a playoff berth. Lindgren made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut on April 21 against the New York Rangers and started all four of the Capitals’ postseason contests.
Since joining the Capitals ahead of the 2022-23 season, Lingren has posted a record of 51-37-13 with a 2.78 goals-against average, a .905 save percentage and seven shutouts. Lindgren’s seven shutouts with Washington are tied for the sixth most in franchise history and he is one win shy of tying Ilya Samsonov (52) for the 10th-most wins in Capitals history.
Lindgren is just one of 32 goaltenders to play 100 or more games over the last three seasons and ranks tied for 15th among that group in shutouts, tied for 16th in save percentage and 17th in goals against average. Among goaltenders with fewer than 105 starts since 2022-23, Lindgren ranks seventh in the NHL in wins.
Lindgren, who signed with the Montreal Canadiens as an undrafted free agent on March 30, 2016, has a record of 66-49-15 with a 2.77 goals-against average, a .907 save percentage and nine shutouts in 137 career NHL games with the Capitals, Canadiens and St. Louis Blues.
Lindgren attended St. Cloud State University (NCAA), where he posted a 51-29-3 record with a 2.21 goals-against average, a .921 save percentage and eight shutouts in 88 games over three seasons. During the 2015-16 season, Lindgren was selected to the NCHC First All-Star Team, the NCAA (West) First All-American Team and named NCHC Goaltender of the Year.
Internationally, Lindgren has represented the United States at the 2018 and 2024 IIHF World Championships.