Florida Panthers vs. Washington CapitalsMar 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 22, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	3	0	0	3		FLA	9	13	14	36
WSH	3	3	0	6		WSH	15	9	9	33

: FLA 73WSH 59
: FLA 3.62WSH 3.12
PP goals: FLA 0WSH 0
Hits: FLA 43WSH 22
Blocks: FLA 12WSH 20
PIM: FLA 6WSH 8
: FLA 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Florida Panthers 6–3

Washington Capitals beat Florida Panthers 6–3 at home. Sam Bennett (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:39.McMichael
Points
Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:13.Bennett
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.Wilson
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:04.Ovechkin
Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:32.Fehérváry
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Dubois–McMichael skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Dubois McMichael
Luck
WSH scored 6 goals on 3.12 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

WSH
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · WSH 59 · FLA 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 30% of the game, WSH 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	FLA	WSH
	65	60
	3.14	2.80
	2.99	2.72
	11	13
	6	4
	19	30
	−0.015	+0.015
	30%	30%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Boqvist – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:0439% CF
L2Greer – Gadjovich – Sturm
8:4628% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
7:0860% CF
L4Bennett – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
6:5765% CF
D1Jones – Forsling
15:2365% CF
D2Mikkola – Balinskis
7:3947% CF
D3Schmidt – Bjornfot
7:3141% CF

PP1Barkov – Jones – Reinhart – Bennett – Samoskevich
4:28100% CF
PP2Schmidt – Verhaeghe – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:29100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Sturm
1:41
PK2FBoqvist – Lundell
0:58
PK1DJones – Forsling
1:19
PK2DSchmidt – Balinskis
0:58

Current FLA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
11:2471% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
9:5431% CF
L3Dowd – Beauvillier – Duhaime
8:0465% CF
L4Eller – Mangiapane – Raddysh
8:0133% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
14:5447% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
12:2564% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
11:1745% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Dubois
1:48100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Mangiapane – Raddysh – McMichael
1:38100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:42
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:50
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:30
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:28

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:15
WSHConnor McMichael (Tom Wilson)wrist0.19 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Mikkola, BjornfotWSH: Wilson, Roy, Dubois, Sandin, McMichael
FLA 0 – 1 WSH
6:35
FLASam Bennett (Mackie Samoskevich, Gustav Forsling)snap0.18 xG
FLA: Bennett, Rodrigues, Mikkola, Bjornfot, SamoskevichWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Roy, Fehérváry, Protas
FLA 1 – 1 WSH
12:24
WSHJohn Carlson (Connor McMichael, Pierre-Luc Dubois)slap0.11 xG
FLA: Mikkola, Boqvist, Luostarinen, Bjornfot, LundellWSH: Carlson, Raddysh, Dubois, Sandin, McMichael
FLA 1 – 2 WSH
13:56
FLASeth Jones (Sam Bennett, Evan Rodrigues)slap0.02 xG
FLA: Jones, Bennett, Forsling, Rodrigues, SamoskevichWSH: Eller, Mangiapane, Roy, Raddysh, Fehérváry
FLA 2 – 2 WSH
14:56
WSHAnthony Beauvillier (Rasmus Sandin, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.22 xG
FLA: Mikkola, Boqvist, Luostarinen, Bjornfot, LundellWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Beauvillier, Duhaime, Sandin
FLA 2 – 3 WSH
15:27
FLAJonah Gadjovich (Nico Sturm)snap0.26 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Greer, Gadjovich, Sturm, BalinskisWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Fehérváry, Protas
FLA 3 – 3 WSH

2nd period

0:07
WSHTom Wilson (Matt Roy, Martin Fehérváry)backhand0.10 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Jones, Reinhart, ForslingWSH: Wilson, Roy, Dubois, Fehérváry, McMichael
FLA 3 – 4 WSH
0:59
WSHDylan Strome (Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas)deflected0.18 xG
FLA: Schmidt, Bennett, Rodrigues, Samoskevich, BalinskisWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Sandin, Protas
FLA 3 – 5 WSH
5:57
WSHAndrew Mangiapane (Alex Ovechkin, Martin Fehérváry)tip-in0.15 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Forsling, Gadjovich, Sturm, BjornfotWSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Mangiapane, Raddysh, Dubois, Fehérváry
FLA 3 – 6 WSH

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:01	—	—	50	62
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	1	1	0	13:47	—	—	52	41
Jesper Boqvist C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	5	1	0	12:14	—	—	41	33
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:31	—	—	32	36
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	3	3	0	11:42	—	—	28	40
Jonah Gadjovich L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.26	5	2	2	10:57	—	—	35	55
Aleksander Barkov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	3	0	0	18:47	—	—	61	61
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.48	5	0	0	18:03	—	—	60	39
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.44	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	54	66
Sam Bennett C	L4	1	1	2	0	4	0.86	3	0	0	19:13	—	—	61	52
Mackie Samoskevich R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	71	56
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.14	3	0	0	16:26	—	—	66	65
Seth Jones D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	24:45	—	—	64	39
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.04	2	0	2	20:30	—	—	58	33
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:30	—	—	47	50
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	2	0	16:37	—	—	53	74
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	49	63
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.08	1	1	0	15:23	—	—	38	55

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	33	27	6	.818	3.12	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	2	2	0	6	0.39	0	0	0	20:04	—	—	61	36
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.21	2	0	0	17:57	—	—	56	30
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	68	31
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	1	1	+4	1	0.09	2	0	2	18:05	—	—	36	45
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.10	6	2	0	17:19	—	—	27	36
Connor McMichael L	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.43	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	32	62
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	2	0	13:28	—	—	59	72
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:29	—	—	59	69
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.48	3	0	0	11:45	—	—	56	64
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	29	43
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	11:52	—	—	35	76
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.49	0	1	0	11:37	—	—	37	80
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	0	5	0	23:03	—	—	40	44
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	+4	3	0.03	2	1	0	20:55	—	—	46	60
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:10	—	—	59	41
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	2	6	16:25	—	—	60	59
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:32	—	—	40	38
Matt Roy D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	44	46

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	3.62	59:31

Goal anatomy

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

Connor McMichael (WSH) 1st 3:15 · assists Tom Wilson · Rush · passed in · 26.5 mph shot · 3.2 s from entry to goal.

Connor McMichael · 1st 3:15 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Sam Bennett · 1st 6:35 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 34.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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John Carlson · 1st 12:24 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.6 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Seth Jones · 1st 13:56 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 79.4 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 14:56 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Jonah Gadjovich · 1st 15:27 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.6 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 0:07 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 24.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Dylan Strome · 2nd 0:59 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 12.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Andrew Mangiapane · 2nd 5:57 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.