The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Friday, which was a very bad loss.
When the team heard that Charlie Lindgren and Martin Fehervary were hurt, things didn’t get much better shortly after the game.
Spencer Carbery, the head coach of the Islanders, told reporters on Long Island that Lindgren and Fehervary will be out “for their immediate foreseeable” due to having hurt the upper body in the initial moments of games on Friday.
It’s still uncertain what kind of harm they’ve done or how bad it is. Brock Nelson threw a hard ball at Lindgren, which hurt him and made everyone else look nervous.
So far, he had secured three saves and stayed in for a while after each play, but he eventually decided to leave the game.
He came in and saved 37 degrees of 32 shots, however the team still lost. Fehervary got hurt right at the same time that Lindgren stopped the game.
During the fight for the puck with Anders Lee, he tripped and injured himself. Jason Serbus helped the Slovak defender before his left the game after he went hard into the boards.
After hearing Carbery’s response, it looked including both players would be out at least for Saturday’s game against the Nashville Predators.
“They’re going to hang out together for a short while,” Carbery claimed. Lindgren was knocked out of the game by a shot from above. Fehervary was tripped by Lee and then crashed hard through the last boards.
CB said, “The play put you into a bad spot instantly.” This goalie always looks different. You think you could get past that.
You cannot forfeit D early because you’ll only have five guards on the next shift of the game.
Other players are put under a lot of stress early in the competition, which makes things tricky for us. You shouldn’t have any trouble getting out of anything.
On both counts, it’s unfortunate for D.C. because they’ve been a major component of the team’s great season.
Lindgren is now nearly the starter for the Capitals since he is going up. For the year, he has appeared in fifteen games and made 92 saves.
He has only let in two goals, or his goals regarding average is 2.27. He also saves shots very well. This shows how much Lindgren’s DC fans will miss him.
This season, Lindgren was anticipated to be the back-up goalie. He did a good job in the net or was given a raise.
He has started 13 games this season and is a record in 7-3-3. He has made 928 saves, which means he has only let in 2.27 goals on average in those games.
Based on Moneypuck.com, he is fifth within the league with 11.9 goals against above average. Fehervary’s methodical play has also helped keep the blue barrier more secure.
They’ve done well together on the top duo for the past few years. Lindgren offered Darcy Kuemper the puck after he got hurt, but Kuemper let four goals in for the second loss in a row.
A backup goalie named Thomas Sullivan had to be called in as well. He played for three years at Stony Brook College University.
Hunter Shepard will probably be called up in the morning, and he could play for the Nashville Predators.
He filled in for Clay Stevenson in tonight’s win over Rochester for Hershey. Hunter Shepard is expected to be moved up and start upon Saturday when he faces the Nashville Predators since they are both out.
Ethan Bear is likely to get his first start of the season since he took advantage of warmups on Friday.
Alex Alexeyev is going to be there to help, though. Trevor de Riemsdyk could also play on the left side to help take Fehervary’s spot.