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Garin Bjorklund

Position	Goaltender	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Catches	Left	Current Contract	1 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	174	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	24
Age	23 (May 28, 2002)	Expiry Status	RFA
Drafted	2020, Round 6, Overall 179 (WSH)

News/Contracts/Statistics
Transaction History

Date	Team	Transaction
Jun 2, 2025	Washington Capitals	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 29, 2022	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic	Definition
SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60	Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60	Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%	Save Percentage.
xSv%	Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AE	Save Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).

Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

Capitals loan goaltender Garin Bjorklund to Hershey at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Clay Stevenson reportedly drawing interest as potential waivers claim after impressing at Capitals Training Camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
Garin Bjorklund has a bold jersey number for a goaltender and player in Capitals history at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Observations from the Capitals’ first game of the NHL preseason, a 5-2 win against the Boston Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster for first preseason game against Boston Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
2025 Top 25 Under 25 Part 1: 25-11 at Japers Rink (Tue Sep 16, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	23		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$110,000	10.2(c)
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$110,000

Signed: June 2, 2025

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Chris Patrick

Exp. Status: RFA

Cap %: 0.81

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Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	20	$843,333	$843,333	-	$80,000	$750,000	$830,000	$80,000	ELC
2023-24	21	$843,333	$843,333	-	$75,000	$775,000	$850,000	$80,000	ELC
2024-25	22	$843,333	$843,333	-	$75,000	$775,000	$850,000	$80,000	ELC
Total				-	$230,000	$2,300,000	$2,530,000	$240,000

Signed: Apr 29, 2022

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
2015-16	AEHL U15		16		5	10	1	589	68	4.30	0.885
2016-17	AEHL U15		24		15	6	3	551	45	1.97	0.918	8		5	3		204	17	2.13	0.917
2017-18	AEHL U18		15		10	5		322	28	1.92	0.913	3		1	2		90	10	3.37	0.889
2018-19	WHL		2		2			55	5	2.50	0.909
2018-19	AEHL U18		19		13	5	1	505	46	2.44	0.909	11		9	2	1	305	20	1.76	0.934
2018-19	WHC-17		2		2			62	5	2.42	0.919
2019-20	WHL		28		20	5	1	756	78	2.91	0.897
2020-21	WHL		18		10	7	1	595	47	2.60	0.921
2020-21	AJHL		4		2	1	1	173	11	2.73	0.936
2021-22	WHL		48		8	36	2	1546	190	4.26	0.877
2022-23	ECHL		1		1			28	4	3.58	0.857
2023-24	ECHL		27		14	11	1	728	86	3.33	0.882
2024-25	AHL		2		2			52	3	1.49	0.942
2024-25	ECHL		29		21	4	3	794	58	2.02	0.927	1		1			22	3	3.00	0.864