Carl Lindbom

This Season So Far

The 2026-27 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.

Last Season

8 appearances, 2-4-2, a 3.00 goals-against average and a .8730 save percentage, no shutouts. His first NHL games, at 22.

The Physical Game

6-1 and 186 pounds, which is small for the modern position, and he plays an aggressive, athletic game because there is no other option at that size.

He challenges further out than most and is beaten across the crease when the play moves. The technique is sound and the frame is the limit.

The Mental Game

A seventh-round pick who came out of Sweden and forced his way onto an NHL roster inside 4 years, which for a 222nd overall selection is already a considerable achievement.

8 appearances at 22 is a look, not a season.

The Intangibles

8 games is not a sample and this page will not pretend otherwise.

What it does belong to is the club figure: 3 Vegas goaltenders played 8 games or more and stopped .8705, .8910 and .8730. The club allowed the fifth-fewest expected goals in the league and conceded 22 more than the chances warranted.

He is 23, and the honest position is that Vegas has an excellent team and no goaltender, and that this is the cheapest of the 3 options rather than the answer to it.