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Capitals: Top 10 greatest goalies of all-time

By Michael Marzzacco

Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
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Al Jensen, Washington Capitals (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images)
Al Jensen, Washington Capitals (Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images) /

#5 Al Jensen

Al Jensen comes in at number five on our list. He enjoyed a career-resurgence in Washington during his six seasons with the team. He played in 26 games in the 1981-82 season as a backup to Mike Palmateer and had an 8-8-4 record.

The next two seasons saw Jensen and Pat Riggin form one of the top goaltending tandems in the league so much so that they shared the Willam M. Jennings trophy in 1984.

The next season saw Jensen play in just 14 games in a season riddled by injury. Jensen came back in the 1985-86 season to post a 28-9-3 record and help the Caps set a then-franchise record 107 points.

His time with the Caps ended shortly after as the Caps went with Bob Mason in goal while trading Jensen to the Los Angeles Kings. He retired after playing in 20 AHL games.

Jensen played in 173 games with the Caps and posted a 94-48-18 record with a 3.27 goals-against average and a .883 save percentage.

Jensen finished top 10 in the Vezina Trophy voting twice. In 1983-84 he came in third in the Vezina voting and shared the Jennings trophy while in 1985-86, Jensen finished ninth.

We are now just over halfway through this list with four more players left.

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