Washington Capitals vs. Florida PanthersDec 29, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 29, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	1	3		WSH	10	12	5	27
FLA	2	0	3	5		FLA	10	8	11	29

: WSH 49FLA 70
: WSH 3.54FLA 4.13
PP goals: WSH 1FLA 1
Hits: WSH 19FLA 16
Blocks: WSH 21FLA 6
PIM: WSH 12FLA 12
: WSH 53%FLA 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Marchand, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett and Samoskevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:55 together.

Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:25.Reinhart
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Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:48.Wilson
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:56.Strome
Points
Aaron Ekblad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:01.Ekblad
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Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:14.Lundell
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Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:28.Marchand
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Seth Jones had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:19.Jones
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FLA's first power-play unit (Marchand, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett and Samoskevich) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:55 together.Marchand Jones Reinhart Bennett Samoskevich

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · FLA 70 · WSH 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 24% of the game, FLA 40%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

FLA skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the FLA side.

Matchup matrix

FLA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	FLA
	25	53
	1.62	2.49
	1.56	2.41
	8	11
	2	2
	22	17
	+0.023	−0.023
	24%	40%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Beauvillier – Leonard
3:0429% CF
L2Ovechkin – Protas – Sourdif
2:590% CF
L3Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
2:3167% CF
L4Wilson – Strome – McMichael
1:5925% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
10:0440% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
9:2527% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
7:1433% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
7:04100% CF
PP2Carlson – Beauvillier – McMichael – Sourdif – Frank
0:43
PK1FMcMichael – Protas
3:01
PK2FDowd – Wilson
2:25
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
4:10
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:36

Current WSH line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
8:5847% CF
L2Greer – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
8:4863% CF
L3Marchand – Verhaeghe – Bennett
8:0950% CF
L4Kunin – Boqvist – Studnicka
4:27100% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
11:4583% CF
D2Jones – Mikkola
10:5636% CF
D3Petry – Balinskis
10:4684% CF

PP1Marchand – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett – Samoskevich
6:5579% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:5467% CF
PK1FReinhart – Lundell
3:08
PK2FMarchand – Luostarinen
2:23
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:14
PK2DJones – Mikkola
2:07

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:53
WSHTom Wilson (Martin Fehérváry, Dylan Strome)snap0.20 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Fehérváry, ProtasFLA: Marchand, Verhaeghe, Jones, Bennett, Mikkola
WSH 1 – 0 FLA
4:35
FLAAnton Lundell (Jeff Petry)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Sandin, Protas, SourdifFLA: Petry, Reinhart, Luostarinen, Lundell, Balinskis
WSH 1 – 1 FLA
12:45
FLASam ReinhartPP (Seth Jones, Brad Marchand)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Roy, McMichael, ProtasFLA: Marchand, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett, Samoskevich
WSH 1 – 2 FLA
19:17
WSHTom WilsonPP (Dylan Strome, Jakob Chychrun)snap0.25 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, ChychrunFLA: Reinhart, Forsling, Greer, Mikkola
WSH 2 – 2 FLA

3rd period

3:11
WSHDylan Strome (Tom Wilson, Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Roy, Chychrun, ProtasFLA: Jones, Reinhart, Mikkola, Luostarinen, Lundell
WSH 3 – 2 FLA
6:16
FLABrad Marchand (Sam Bennett, Seth Jones)other0.14 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Roy, McMichael, ProtasFLA: Marchand, Jones, Reinhart, Bennett, Rodrigues
WSH 3 – 3 FLA
13:12
FLAAaron Ekblad (Sam Reinhart, Anton Lundell)slap0.15 xG
WSH: Wilson, Strome, Roy, Chychrun, ProtasFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell
WSH 3 – 4 FLA
19:25
FLASam ReinhartEN (Eetu Luostarinen, Aaron Ekblad)backhand0.36 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Chychrun, Protas, LeonardFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell
WSH 3 – 5 FLA

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	2	14:38	—	—	22	42
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	2	14:17	—	—	32	34
Ryan Leonard R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	1	4	14:13	—	—	20	39
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	5	0	2	20:24	—	—	24	18
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.46	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	37	37
Justin Sourdif C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:39	—	—	29	26
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:53	—	—	25	28
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	6:34	—	—	38	45
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	6:09	—	—	38	78
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	2	3	0	4	0.50	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	52	64
Tom Wilson R	L4	2	1	3	+1	6	0.86	2	0	0	20:48	—	—	67	75
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	1	1	0	16:28	—	—	17	10
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.49	0	2	0	26:59	—	—	46	49
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:38	—	—	28	29
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:43	—	—	28	47
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	6	0	17:05	—	—	22	34
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	36	47
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:35	—	—	27	34

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.77	58:45

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	2	1	3	+3	5	0.87	0	0	0	23:25	—	—	58	66
Anton Lundell C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.43	2	0	0	20:14	—	—	58	56
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	0	2	16:21	—	—	59	60
Mackie Samoskevich R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.80	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	68	78
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	70	76
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	2	10:38	—	—	68	78
Brad Marchand L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.30	2	0	0	21:28	—	—	69	46
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.43	2	0	0	20:51	—	—	71	49
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	61	20
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	100	100
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:58	—	—	100	100
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	4:53	—	—	100	100
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.18	1	2	0	22:01	—	—	73	62
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	0	4	19:03	—	—	80	63
Seth Jones D	D2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.10	0	2	4	22:19	—	—	47	48
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	26	26
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	85	92
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	4	2	0	13:54	—	—	80	81

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	3.54	59:57

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tom Wilson (WSH) 1st 3:53 · assists Martin Fehérváry, Dylan Strome · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 54.7 mph shot · 2.5 s from entry to goal.

Tom Wilson · 1st 3:53 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: rebound

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Anton Lundell · 1st 4:35 · FLA

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.8 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Sam Reinhart · 1st 12:45 · FLA PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4
Shot: 59.9 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Tom Wilson · 1st 19:17 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 3:11 · WSH

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s

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Sam Reinhart · 3rd 19:25 · FLA EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Aaron Ekblad · 3rd 13:12 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.