Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson continued to pile up the accolades this week as he was named the NHL's First Star of the Week for the week ending Jan. 19 per the NHL.
The 27 year old went 3-0-0 during the week and posted a 0.33 goals against average, a .984 save percentage with two shutouts to help the Capitals extend their point streak to 10 games with a 7-0-3 record and propel them to the top spot in the NHL standings.
The six foot four, 207 pound goaltender stopped 61 of 62 shots faced over his three starts and recorded back to back shutouts on Jan. 14 and 16. In addition, Thompson posted a career long 198:22 shutout sequence from Jan. 11 to Jan. 18 which marked third longest in franchise history.
LT is the third Capital to earn NHL Three Stars of the Week honors this season joining Alex Ovechkin (First Star for the week ending Nov. 3) and Jakob Chychrun (Third Star for the week ending Dec. 1).
In 26 games played this season, Thompson has a record of 21-2-3 with a 2.09 goals against average and a .925 save percentage with two shutouts. Thompson ranks second in the NHL in goals against average, third in save percentage and tied for third in wins. With his shutout victory against the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 16, Thompson tied Braden Holtby (25 games played in the 2015-16 season) for the fewest games needed to record 20 wins in a single season in franchise history.
Since Nov. 1, Thompson has allowed two or fewer goals in 17 of his 21 starts. He's been a big component of why the Capitals are first in the NHL standings. The last time they were in sole possession this late in the season was through Feb. 4, 2020 at 36-13-5 per Sportradar.
The last time the #ALLCAPS were in sole possession of 1st place in the NHL standings this late in the season was through 2/4/2020 at 36-13-5, per @Sportradar. #Caps pic.twitter.com/hYMzH2LPlr
— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) January 20, 2025
The Capitals will kick off their season long five game road trip on Tuesday night against the Edmonton Oilers and will enter the trip on a four game winning streak and a season long 10 game point streak and during this streak, Washington has only given up two goals.
Puck drop is at 9 p.m. tomorrow night on Monumental Sports Network. Caps will be skating soon for practice.