In Winnipeg, the visiting Washington Capitals hit for four goals in the middle frame on Sunday and handed the Jets a 5-2 loss.
Trevor van Riemsdyk got the offense rolling in the second period to give the Caps a 1-0 lead.
Evgeny Kuznetsov pushed the advantage to 2-0.
The lead ballooned to 3-0 on a penalty shot strike from the Caps’ Marcus Johansson.
“We had a pretty solid first period, I thought, and then our power play came up big,” Lindgren said. “[Johansson] with the big penalty shot goal. To score four goals, as a goalie you love it. Credit to our guys again for competing tonight and working hard and putting the puck in the net.”
The Caps improved to 14-12-4.
Charlie Lindgren made 29 saves in the win.
The Jets dropped to 18-8-1.
Lars Eller extended the Capitals’ lead to 4-0 by the end of the frame.
“We got contributions from a lot of places, and Charlie was so strong in net,” Eller said. “Just one of those 60-minute efforts where you know it was only those first five minutes in the third where they pushed and were able to get two quick ones.
“After that, I just think we responded really well. “[We] didn’t panic and kept them from getting to chances after that. So, it was a really overall good game tonight.”
Adam Lowry and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the third period to get the Jets within 4-2.
Alex Ovechkin hit an empty net for the 5-2 final.
Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves in the Winnipeg loss.
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