- Charlie Lindgren had a moment to forget against the Tampa Bay Lightning
Washington Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren produced a baffling own goal Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
With the game tied 3-3 in the third period, Lindgren collected the puck near his goal with a defender closing it down, before turning and sliding a backhand pass toward his own goal.
It looked as if the goalie had attempted to play the puck behind his goal, although the play clearly went horribly wrong.
Unsurprisingly, he looked dejected afterward as he pulled the puck off the ice before being comforted by a teammate.
Fans were shocked by the sequence as they reacted to a clip of B/R open ice in X.
Charlie Lindgren seemed dejected after his shocking mistake for the Capitals on Wednesday.
Lindgren appeared to be trying to play the puck behind his net, but it went horribly wrong.
‘What’s going on??????’, one asked.
‘I’ve been there, hahaha. “Nowhere near NHL level,” a second fan added.
“I would never leave my house again if I did this,” added a third.
A fourth said: “Seeing this, I still have no idea what Lindgren was thinking.”
“I don’t want to shoot (John) Carlson up the middle, but with the time he had, why not take him behind the net, edge him and let your defense take care of it?”
And several others claimed it was “the worst own goal I have ever seen in my life.”
Luckily for Lundgren, his mistake was made up for just three minutes later, when Carlson scored his third goal of the season, and the Capitals would win in a thriller.
Tom Wilson scored a power-play goal with 3:26 left in regulation to lead the Capitals to a 5-4 victory against the Lightning.
With Anthony Cirelli in the box for a double high penalty with 4:03 remaining, Wilson tipped in Jakob Chychrun’s shot for the game-winning goal.
Lindgren, Tom Wilson #43 and the Washington Capitals celebrate the victory against the Lightning
Aliaksei Protas scored shorthanded, while Andrew Mangiapane, Dylan Strome and John Carlson scored for Washington, which has won six straight on the road.
Lindgren contributed 24 saves that night.
Brayden Point recorded his fifth career hat trick for Tampa Bay, while Michael Eyssimont also scored for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots.
Tampa Bay led 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3, with Point’s hat trick giving Tampa Bay the lead after Lindgren attempted to play the puck behind him but fired it into his own goal at 7: 25 of the minute. the third period. But Carlson tied the Capitals again with 9:30 left.
Washington returns home to host the New York Islanders on Friday, while the Lightning are in Nashville on Friday.