It happened: the Washington Capitals, who seemed to be entering the postseason at the height of all heights, with their captain Alex Ovechkin, currently the highest career goal scorer in history, and their domination over the Canadiens in the first two games of the playoff series, then came upon game 3, where things really seemed to turn around in a not-so-subtle way.
Sure, the Capitals made some mistakes in game 2, namely all of the third period, in which their goaltender, Logan Thompson, was left out on a limb, having to block 14 shots in total! And all this was despite his recent return from injury, which he did, leaving the Capitals with a close call but still a lead in the series. Now, however, things have changed after the Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 in game 3 at the Bell Centre.
The crowd was electric and hungry for their team to win, and Washington seemed to crumble in this new atmosphere. So much so that Logan Thompson ended up conceding 5 goals and then succumbing to a leg injury when Dylan Strome fell on his foot. Luckily for the Caps, though, Thompson was spotted in the morning skate today.
Logan Thompson is on the ice for the morning skate in Montreal. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/7NphS0LZNQ
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) April 27, 2025
Game three wasn’t the best for either side’s goaltender; the Canadiens’ Sam Montembeault also exited the same game earlier in the second period with a visible lower-body injury. Lucky for the Canadiens, however, alternate goalie Jakub Dobes made seven saves on eight shots, helping the Canadiens with their 6-3 victory.
What are the alternate options for Alex Ovechkin and Nick Suzuki as game 4 approaches
There’s nothing like getting the first-choice goaltenders on the ice for game 4, which is scheduled for tomorrow, and lucky for Alex Ovechkin and his boys, it seems like Logan Thompson might just be able to make it! Montembeault, on the other hand, has been declared a game-time decision, so we will only have a sense of how that works tomorrow. But here’s the question: Is Thompson up to it? And what happens if, at game time, Montembeault can do it?
So, to begin with, it is tough to imagine Thompson is up to it, considering he missed seven games in the regular season owing to his upper body injury that he was lucky to have recovered from in time for playoffs. However, game 3 handed Thompson a few more obstacles than Dylan Strome; earlier in the game, he also got hit in the head by a stick and struck on the mask by the puck before making a save. In comparison to battered Thompson in game 3, Charlie Lindgren did a great job of holding down the fort, leading Carberry to even say, vis-à-vis Lindgren being goalie for game 4, “And we know Chucky Lindgren, and he’s done a great job. He’s a great goaltender.”
The Canadiens are staying on top of things too; after Montembeault’s strained hamstring, the team has called up Cayden Primeau from their AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket, to back up Jakub Dobes in the case of Montembeault’s absence. So Alex Ovechkin and Nick Suzuki have their bases covered, but only time will tell if it was enough.
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