{"id":264654,"date":"2025-11-05T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/264654\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:29:08","slug":"capitals-logan-thompson-by-far-in-best-form-among-canadian-goaltenders-one-month-into-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/264654\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals\u2019 Logan Thompson by far in best form among Canadian goaltenders one month into season"},"content":{"rendered":"

After being left off Team Canada\u2019s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off last fall, Logan Thompson<\/a> may be leaving general manager Doug Armstrong no choice but to put him on the 2026 Olympic squad.<\/p>\n

Thompson has been far and away the best Canadian goaltender one month into this season. While his record stands at 5-3-0, the 28-year-old Washington Capitals<\/a> netminder has an NHL-best .935 save percentage and 1.51 goals-against average.<\/p>\n

Those numbers have him well ahead of Canada\u2019s 4 Nations goaltenders Jordan Binnington<\/a> (.868 save percentage), Adrin Hill (.888) and Samuel Montembeault (.855).<\/p>\n

Among Canadian netminders (minimum five games), Jet Greaves<\/a> of the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> is second in save percentage at .916, with Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> netminder Tristan Jarry<\/a> third at .911.<\/p>\n

Greaves was called up by the Blue Jackets late last season and nearly backstopped the team into the playoffs, going 7-2-2 with a .938 save percentage and a 1.91 GAA. The 24-year-old Cambridge, Ont. native has a 3-3-0 record this season with a 2.67 GAA. It\u2019s unclear whether Armstrong would consider calling on a goaltender with as little experience as Greaves for the Olympic team.<\/p>\n

Jarry was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, and has been ruled out for at least the next three weeks with a lower-body injury amid a bounce-back season. The 30-year-old is 5-2-0 with a 2.60 goals-against average after going 16-12-6 last season with a .893 save percentage and a 3.09 GAA. Last year marked the first time Jarry has posted a save percentage below .900 in a season (min. five games).<\/p>\n

Veterans Jake Allen<\/a> of the New Jersey Devils<\/a>, Scott Wedgewood<\/a> of the Colorado Avalanche<\/a> and Darcy Kuemper<\/a> of the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> are the only other Canadian goalies with a save percentage above .900 this season.<\/p>\n

Edmonton Oilers<\/a> netminder Stuart Skinner<\/a> is just under that with a .899 mark, while Winnipeg Jets<\/a> backup Eric Comrie<\/a> has posted an impressive .929 save percentage in three games.<\/p>\n

Canadian Goalie Records 2025-26 (Min. 5 GP)GoaltenderTeamAgeRecordSV%GAALogan ThompsonWSH285-3-0.9351.51Jet GreavesCBJ243-3-0.9162.67Tristan JarryPIT305-2-0.9112.60Jake AllenNJD355-2-0.9042.48Scott WedgewoodCOL338-1-2.9022.49Darcy KuemperLAK354-3-3.9002.57Stuart SkinnerEDM274-3-3.8992.54Cam TalbotDET385-1-0.8972.76Adin HillVGK291-0-2.8882.73Jordan BinningtonSTL323-4-2.8683.08Samuel MontembaultMTL293-3-1.8553.67Calvin PickardEDM332-2-1.8503.42Joel HoferSTL251-3-0.8295.16<\/p>\n

Only Binnington, Hill and Montembeault were invited to Canada\u2019s Olympic Orientation Camp in August, but Armstrong has insisted that no one has a spot locked in for the 2026 Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, that\u2019s probably the most open competition on our group right now,\u201d Armstrong said of goaltender at the camp. \u201cWe\u2019re here with three goaltenders because we talked about the actual number that are going to be participating. We didn\u2019t really want to have that many goalies in one spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to go with the three [goaltenders] but I\u2019ve reached out to the other goalies we believe have a legitimate chance and told them the thought process behind bringing the three. They all understood that, and I gave the vision of scouting we\u2019re going to do and then we\u2019re going to take the best guys that give us the best chance to win on Jan. 1 when we pick the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Binnington backstopped Canada to the 4 Nations title, starting all four games and posting a .907 save percentage and a 2.38 goals-against average with a 3-1 record. He stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faced against Team USA in the final as Canada earned a 3-2 overtime win.<\/p>\n

Armstrong admitted in August that Binnington\u2019s track record, which includes winning a Stanley Cup under him with the Blues in 2019, could give him a leg up on the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone knows I have a soft spot for Jordan Binnington<\/a>,\u201d Armstrong said. \u201c[Winning the Cup] in my day job doesn\u2019t happen without him, and the 4 Nations what he did in the overtime and to get us to overtime [in the gold-medal game].\u201d<\/p>\n

Thompson was a controversial exclusion from the 4 Nations team after a strong start to his first season with the Washington Capitals<\/a>. The Calgary native finished the season with a 31-6-6 with a .910 save percentage and a 2.49 GAA.<\/p>\n

Among netminders with a minimum of 20 games played last season, Kuemper led Canadian goalies with a .921 save percentage, followed by Comrie (.914), Mackenzie Blackwood<\/a> (.912) and Thompson. Blackwood, 28, made his season debut for the Avalanche over the weekend after undergoing lower-body surgery in the off-season. He stopped 20 of 23 shots faced in an overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just under two months remain before Canada names its roster for the Milano Cortina Olympics. Canada\u2019s first game of the tournament will take place on Feb. 12 against Czechia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After being left off Team Canada\u2019s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off last fall, Logan Thompson may be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[16159,64,63,154882,154881,575,154883,85,154884],"class_list":["post-264654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-jordan-binnington-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8476412","tag-logan-thompson-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8480313","tag-nhl","tag-sam-montembeault-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8478470","tag-sports","tag-tristan-jarry-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8477465"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}