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Florida Panthers vs. Washington CapitalsJan 17, 2026

Final· Capital One Arena
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FLA
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WSH
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Goals123TShots123T
FLA1225FLA1471031
WSH0202WSH414624
FLA 69WSH 55
FLA 4.78WSH 2.57
PP goals
FLA 1WSH 0
Hits
FLA 22WSH 30
Blocks
FLA 8WSH 18
PIM
FLA 4WSH 6
FLA 41%WSH 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at WSH. Sam Bennett (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Lundell and Balinskis) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:43 together.

  1. Points
    Sam Bennett had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:22.Bennett
  2. Points
    Jakob Chychrun had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:02.Chychrun
  3. Points
    A.J. Greer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.Greer
  4. Points
    Anton Lundell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:19.Lundell
  5. Points
    Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:41.Verhaeghe
  6. Points
    John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:56.Carlson
  7. Points
    Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:05.Reinhart
  8. PP1
    FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Lundell and Balinskis) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:43 together.VerhaegheReinhartBennettLundellBalinskis

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.

Shot map, FLA at WSH: 124 attempts, 55 on goal, 7 goals, 7.35 expected goals; best chance Carter Verhaeghe at 0.81 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← FLA attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • WSH
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · WSH 55 · FLA 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, FLA at WSH: expected goals 2.57 to 4.78 (FLA led the chances), shot attempts 55 to 69, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdWSHFLAGCCBBLVnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • WSH
  • FLA
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHFLAcontrol2nd3rdGreer · 1st 13:23Chychrun · 2nd 2:04Chychrun · 2nd 10:04Bennett · 2nd 11:40Balinskis · 2nd 15:16Lundell · 3rd 18:40Verhaeghe · 3rd 19:26
  • 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 35% of the game, WSH 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, FLA at WSH: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Logan Thompson (59:37) for WSH and Daniil Tarasov (60:00) for FLA, 7 goals.

WSH
FLA
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, WSH rows versus FLA columns: 250 matchups; most common Protas vs Ekblad, 13:06 at 64% xGF.

WSH ↓ · FLA →ReinhartLundellLuostarinenBennettVerhaegheGreerRodriguesSamoskevichVilmanisSchwindtKuninBoqvistForslingEkbladMikkolaBalinskisPetryBjornfotL1 ProtasL1 McMichaelL1 LeonardL2 StromeL2 BeauvillierL2 OvechkinL3 DowdL3 FrankL3 MiroshnichenkoL4 DuhaimeL4 LapierreL4 LeasonD1 ChychrunD1 CarlsonD2 RoyD2 FehérváryD3 SandinD3 Riemsdyk
WSH 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
StatFLAWSH
7055
3.202.43
3.022.33
1312
106
3219
−0.055+0.055
35%22%

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

Current FLA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 13:23
    FLAA.J. Greer (Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad)snap0.06 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, GreerWSH: van Riemsdyk, Beauvillier, Chychrun, Leason, Lapierre
    FLA 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

  1. 2:04
    WSHJakob Chychrun (Aliaksei Protas, John Carlson)snap0.10 xG
    FLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, LundellWSH: Carlson, Chychrun, McMichael, Protas
    FLA 1 – 1 WSH
  2. 10:04
    WSHJakob Chychrun (John Carlson, Nic Dowd)snap0.03 xG
    FLA: Petry, Kunin, Boqvist, Bjornfot, SchwindtWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Chychrun, Miroshnichenko, Frank
    FLA 1 – 2 WSH
  3. 11:40
    FLASam Bennett (Carter Verhaeghe, Niko Mikkola)snap0.37 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Mikkola, Bjornfot, SamoskevichWSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Beauvillier, Sandin
    FLA 2 – 2 WSH
  4. 15:16
    FLAUvis BalinskisPP (Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart)slap0.11 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Lundell, BalinskisWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Fehérváry, McMichael
    FLA 3 – 2 WSH

3rd period

  1. 18:40
    FLAAnton LundellEN (Sam Reinhart)snap0.53 xG
    FLA: Reinhart, Mikkola, Luostarinen, Lundell, BalinskisWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Strome, Chychrun, McMichael, Protas
    FLA 4 – 2 WSH
  2. 19:26
    FLACarter VerhaegheEN (Sam Bennett, A.J. Greer)snap0.81 xG
    FLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, GreerWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Fehérváry, Frank, Leonard
    FLA 5 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sam Reinhart CL1022040.6300022:05——5245
Anton Lundell CL1112020.6920021:19——5045
Eetu Luostarinen CL1000+120.0900218:41——5755
Sam Bennett CL2123+350.7620220:22——7171
Carter Verhaeghe CL2112+331.2000019:41——7472
A.J. Greer LL2112+220.2920015:40——6359
Evan Rodrigues CL3000030.3301014:44——5245
Mackie Samoskevich RL3000+110.0910012:07——5766
Sandis Vilmanis LL3000000.0110010:49——4328
Cole Schwindt RL4000-100.004007:51——3933
Luke Kunin CL4000-110.241007:50——4751
Jesper Boqvist CL4000-120.061007:27——2718
Gustav Forsling DD1000+110.0200026:59——5457
Aaron Ekblad DD1011+110.0131026:08——5053
Niko Mikkola DD2011+200.0321019:21——6263
Uvis Balinskis DD2101+120.1113019:01——5443
Jeff Petry DD3000-100.0111013:55——5757
Tobias Bjornfot DD3000020.2111012:00——6466
FLA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)W24222.9172.5760:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Aliaksei Protas LL1011010.4121022:47——4756
Connor McMichael LL1000020.1300020:28——4447
Ryan Leonard RL1000-120.1620019:36——4444
Dylan Strome CL2000-320.3802019:05——3936
Anthony Beauvillier RL2000-220.5021018:03——3839
Alex Ovechkin LL2000-310.0930216:08——4436
Nic Dowd CL3011+100.0030215:14——4146
Ethen Frank RL3000010.3120214:49——3628
Ivan Miroshnichenko LL3000+110.0631011:49——4842
Brandon Duhaime LL4000010.023007:21——5591
Hendrix Lapierre CL4000-110.032106:36——6464
Brett Leason RL4000-100.002005:47——6059
Jakob Chychrun DD1202-130.2922025:02——4953
John Carlson DD1022+130.0602021:56——5562
Matt Roy DD2000020.0432020:22——4028
Martin Fehérváry DD2000-100.0004018:46——3531
Rasmus Sandin DD3000-120.0810017:52——4734
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD3000-200.0102013:57——3511
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)L29263.8973.4459:37

Goal anatomy

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

A.J. Greer (FLA) 1st 13:23 · assists Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad · Dump and chase · dumped in · 31.8 mph shot · 6.5 s from entry to goal.

A.J. Greer · 1st 13:23 · FLA

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
31.8 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
6.5 s

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Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 19:26 · FLA EN

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
64.0 mph
Distance
29 ft
Entry to goal
1.5 s

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