{"id":529842,"date":"2026-03-29T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529842\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T19:55:12","slug":"dylan-strome-scores-game-deciding-shootout-goal-after-getting-a-little-tip-from-logan-thompson-on-adin-hill-credit-to-lt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/529842\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Strome scores game-deciding shootout goal after getting \u2018a little tip\u2019 from Logan Thompson on Adin Hill: \u2018Credit to LT\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming into Saturday\u2019s game against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Washington Capitals had won just once all season in games that went to a shootout. The team\u2019s number-one netminder, Logan Thompson<\/a>, was 0-5 himself in the skills competition.<\/p>\n

After three periods and overtime couldn\u2019t produce a winner in Vegas, the Capitals could have been headed for more disappointment before Thompson stepped up in more ways than one. To try to put a stop to both those collective and individual woes, Thompson provided some inside information on his former goaltending partner, Adin Hill<\/a>, to Caps forward Dylan Strome<\/a>, before the top-line center was the only player to score in the shootout.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I got a little tip from LT,\u201d Strome said postgame<\/a>. \u201cHe said he might bite on the shot. Just see what I see on the shot, and if he doesn\u2019t bite, shoot it. If he does, you\u2019ve got it backhand. Credit to LT.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strome did as Thompson advised, faking a shot on his forehand to freeze Hill before roofing a backhand home. Thompson then did his own work at the other end of the ice, stopping Rasmus Andersson<\/a>, Jack Eichel<\/a>, and Pavel Dorofeyev<\/a> all in succession to earn Washington the win.<\/p>\n

Thompson spent parts of four seasons with the Golden Knights before being traded to the Capitals ahead of last season. Hill was his primary backup for the majority of the 2022-23 and 2023-24 regular seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, shootouts haven\u2019t gone our way this year, but he stands up huge against his old team and makes three good, great saves,\u201d Strome said. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of fun to win here, and it\u2019s a huge two points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strome leads the Capitals in shootout goals this season with four, which is also tied for the sixth-most in the NHL<\/a>. Only four other Caps \u2014 Nic Dowd<\/a>, Sonny Milano<\/a>, Ryan Leonard<\/a>, and Anthony Beauvillier<\/a> \u2014 have successfully converted in the shootout, and none of them have more than one goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I mean, that\u2019s Stromer\u2019s patented move where he\u2019s got a few different options off that, and that\u2019s as good as it\u2019s looked,\u201d head coach Spencer Carbery said. \u201cIt was a really nice goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Thompson made 25 saves on 29 shots faced in regulation and overtime before adding the three shootout stops. With the win, he improved to 4-0 in four career starts against Vegas, with a 2.46 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage.<\/p>\n

Overall, this season, the 29-year-old backstop is 26-20-6 with a 2.43 goals-against average, a .913 save percentage, and two shutouts. According to MoneyPuck<\/a>, he has recorded the second-most goals saved above expected (29.1) among all NHL goalies this year, behind only New York Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin<\/a> (32.5).<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t