Charlie Lindgren Pro Reads 7

THE SEQUENCE

After breaking down a lot of rush chances, this time Lindgren is dealing with the potent Tampa Bay Lightning power play from last season that featured lots of great passing.

Looking at the freeze frame above, the puck has just moved from Nikita Kucherov on the right boards to Anthony Cirelli down near the goal line. At this point, what are the most dangerous threats and why? Is Cirelli much of a threat to shoot from there?

If not, who becomes the next most dangerous threat to score?

Depending on how you see the answers to both those questions, what do you make of Lindgren’s decision to drop into a Reverse, or RVH, on that short-side post?

THE SAVE

Watch the save play out below, keeping the same questions in mind:

What was your first thought when Cirelli made the pass high in the zone to Victor Hedman? Was that your first read, or was it Braydon Point at the right dot, which the reverse-VH would have set Lindgren up nicely for? What about his RVH lets him get set fast coming out of it? With Hedman walking into that pass, what’s your first reaction as a goalie?

Are you trying to take as much ice as you can? What did you notice about how Lindgren moved on that pass that gave him a chance on the next pass to Steven Stamkos?

THE PRO READ

Now we can listen is as Lindgren explains his depth decision and save execution.