Logan Thompson's superb goaltending puts the Capitals up 2-0 on the Canadiens in the series

WASHINGTON (AP) — The highlight-reel, diving save that it looked like Logan Thompson made to rob Jake Evans was not actually a save at all, and he wants to make sure everyone knows that.

“I didn’t save it,” Thompson said. “It went off the post. I think I almost knocked it in.”

Sure, Thompson and the Washington Capitals got a little lucky on that one. But his goaltending in the third period, when he made some spectacular stops, is the biggest reason they lead the Montreal Canadiens two games to none in their first-round playoff series.

“He was the difference tonight in the third: He wins us that game in the third period,” coach Spencer Carbery said after a 3-1 victory in Game 2, after which Thompson was selected the first star. “You could feel the building with the energy with each save. It felt like he just got bigger and bigger and bigger. He was tested. he made some huge saves in that third period to keep us in front.”

The Canadiens had multiple opportunities to tie the score, trailing 2-1 and pressing Thompson.

They got a 2-on-0 rush with 11 minutes left, but Thompson stopped Josh Anderson. With 4:22 on the clock, he got his stick in front of a textbook deflection by Christian Dvorak, who beat him earlier for a goal. And on the next shift, he denied Juraj Slafkovsky.

Fans rose to their feet to give Thompson a standing ovation and chanted “LT! LT!” after each of the saves.

“Extraordinary,” rookie Ryan Leonard said. “A lot of trust back there with that guy. He’s a gamer.”

Making it an even better tale is this was just Thompson's second game back after getting injured when a shot dislodged his mask April 2 at Carolina.

“I knew I wasn’t going to get a game before playoffs,” Thompson said. "Just staying ready in practice, working as hard as I can and just waiting to see if I get my name called. It did. It’s playoffs. It’s not the start of the year: You can’t take your time to get into it. You just have to hit it sprinting. That’s kind of what I’ve done, and it’s worked out.”

Thompson and Charlie Lindgren alternated starts for the first half of the season. Then it became evident Thompson was Washington's No. 1 netminder, something solidified when he got a six-year, $35.1 million extension in late January and Lindgren signed for three years and $9 million in early March.

Lindgren shouldered the load down the stretch, a year after carrying the Capitals into the playoffs, but there was no doubt about Carbery and goaltending coach Scott Murray going to Thompson to start the series as long as the 28-year-old was healthy.

“These games, this is where he wants to play,” Carbery said. "He wanted to play in the playoffs. He said: ‘I’m ready to go. I want to be in the net in Game 1.’ No disrespect to Charlie Lindgren. He wants these moments, and that’s an important part of it.”

Thompson made an important save early in the second period to keep his team's deficit at one goal. He was at his best in the third, making 14 of his 25 saves to keep Montreal from evening things up.

“We knew they were going to come out in the third just like they did last game, Thompson said. ”It’s easy to get into it when you make those saves. You’re definitely right back in the game. It could easily swing the other way if a couple of those go in and you’re fighting it, right? Luckily things went my way."

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Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) celebrates with center Connor McMichael (24) and others after Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Montreal Canadiens center Christian Dvorak (28) scores a goal against Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) in the second period of Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson (48) stops the puck in the second period of Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson, left, celebrates with defenseman Rasmus Sandin (38) after Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson stops the puck in the third period of Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson dives for the puck in the third period of Game 2 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

PARIS (AP) — Kim Kardashian has arrived at a Paris courthouse to testify against the men accused of robbing her at gunpoint in 2016, an event that reshaped her life and redefined celebrity security in the age of social media.

This will be the first time she has faced the alleged assailants since that night, when she begged for her life as masked men bound her with zip ties and stole over $6 million in jewelry.

Kardashian’s appearance is expected to be the emotional centerpiece of a trial that has captivated France, where the suspects — mostly in their 60s and 70s — are nicknamed “the grandpa robbers.”

Authorities say the group tracked her via her Instagram posts. Two defendants have admitted being at the scene.

Her lawyers say she is ready to confront those who attacked her, with dignity.

Earlier, Kardashian 's childhood friend and then stylist told the court that she heard the celebrity beg for her life during the robbery that transformed the way the world viewed fame in the digital age.

Simone Harouche, who was sharing their two-floor hotel suite during Fashion Week, said she heard a terrified Kardashian yelling: “‘I have babies and I need to live.’ That is what she kept on saying, ‘Take everything. I need to live.’”

“I was scared that she was raped or violated. I thought the worst,” Harouche said. Kardashian was “screaming with terror in her voice.”

One of the most recognizable figures on the planet, Kardashian is set to face 10 men accused of orchestrating the heist — a crime that shook the fashion world and redefined the risks of being visible, female and famous in the Instagram era.

Harouche told the court the trauma “forever” changed her friend, whom she’s known since age 12, robbing her of a basic human right: freedom.

“She now has a completely different lifestyle,” she said. “In terms of security, she can’t go alone, she doesn’t go alone to places anymore. To lose your sense of freedom ... it’s horrible.”

Kardashian’s testimony is expected to recount how the attackers demanded her ring and left her fearing she would never see her children again.

David De Pas, the lead judge, asked Harouche whether Kardashian had made herself a target by posting images of herself with “jewels of great value.”

“No,” Harouche replied. “Just because a woman wears jewelry, that doesn’t make her a target. That’s like saying that because a woman wears a short skirt that she deserves to be raped.”

Twelve suspects were originally charged. One has died. Another was excused due to illness. Most are in their 60s and 70s — nicknamed les papys braqueurs, or “the grandpa robbers” — and authorities describe them as a seasoned and coordinated criminal gang.

Two defendants have admitted being at the scene. The others deny involvement, and one claims he didn’t know who Kardashian was. But police say the group tracked her via social media, where she had posted images of her jewelry, her hotel, and her schedule — exposing her vulnerability.

The heist turned Kardashian into a cautionary tale of hyper-visibility. At the time, she was at the height of her influence — a style icon, social media pioneer and one of the most photographed women in the world.

Fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld criticized her after the robbery, telling The Associated Press she was “too public” with her wealth. Yet, as details emerged in the days after the heist, public sentiment shifted. The image of Kardashian — alone, bound, and pleading for her life — reframed her in the public eye.

In the aftermath, Kardashian pulled back from the spotlight. She developed severe anxiety and later described symptoms of agoraphobia.

“I hated to go out,” she said in a 2021 interview. “I didn’t want anybody to know where I was … I just had such anxiety.”

Later, she acknowledged that constant sharing had made her vulnerable: “People were watching,” she said. “They knew what I had. They knew where I was.”

Harouche, who hid in a downstairs bathroom during the robbery, said she also suffered trauma. She sought counseling for post-traumatic stress and left the celebrity styling world to become an interior designer.

“That experience was very stressful for me. It made me fearful of being around celebrities," she said.

Harouche said she went to bed before the robbery. Kardashian entertained friends upstairs. Screams jolted Harouche from her sleep.

From inside the locked bathroom, she texted Kardashian’s sister Kourtney and Kardashian’s bodyguard that “something is very wrong,” Harouche testified.

Later, after the robbers had gone, she said she heard Kardashian hopping down the stairs with her ankles still bound to find her.

“She was beside herself,” Harouche said. “She just was screaming.”

Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives to testify regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives to testify regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

FILE - Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Abderrahmane Ouatiki, center, who was working as a hotel receptionist, is flanked by his lawyers Mohand Ouidja, left, and Henri De Beauregard during the trial of the 2016 armed robbery of Kim Kardashian, at the palace of justice, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Abderrahmane Ouatiki, center right, who was working as a hotel receptionist, is accompanied by his lawyer Mohand Ouidja, center left, as they arrive for the trial of the 2016 armed robbery of Kim Kardashian, at the palace of justice, Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

FILE - Kim Kardashian arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2025, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)