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Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 2025 · Amerant Bank Arena

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3–5

Final

SOG 27–29

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Monday, December 29, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Capitals 29-27.

Tom Wilson scored twice and Sam Reinhart scored twice. Anton Lundell, Dylan Strome, Brad Marchand and Aaron Ekblad also scored.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 24 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH201327
Florida PanthersFLA203529

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAaron EkbladFLA · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starSam ReinhartFLA · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starTom WilsonWSH · 2G 1A

Scoring

1st period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:13

2–2 · 1st 19:17 · Wilson. Forsling was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceFLA on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 3:53 · Wilson

Mikkola 0:51

1–1 FLA

1st 4:35 · Lundell

Long shift: Carlson 1:00

1–2 FLA

1st 12:45 · PP · Reinhart

McMichael 0:41

2–2 WSH

1st 19:17 · PP · Wilson

Long shift: Forsling 1:13

3–2 WSH

3rd 3:11 · Strome

Mikkola 0:59

3–3 FLA

3rd 6:16 · Marchand

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:00

3–4 FLA

3rd 13:12 · Ekblad

Long shift: Wilson 1:02

3–5 FLA

3rd 19:25 · EN · Reinhart

Ovechkin 2:41

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

WSHFLA
27Shots on goal29
53%Faceoff %47%
1/6Power play1/6
12Penalty minutes12
19Hits16
21Blocked shots6
15Giveaways17
6Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 08:33Anthony Beauvillier · holding2 min
  • 1st 11:44Ethen Frank · slashing2 min
  • 1st 16:54A.J. Greer · slashing2 min
  • 1st 18:04Seth Jones · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 2nd 04:20Gustav Forsling · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 11:48Ryan Leonard · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:50Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:15Alex Ovechkin · interference2 min
  • 3rd 06:55Gustav Forsling · interference2 min
  • 3rd 07:19Ryan Leonard · holding2 min
  • 3rd 17:12Eetu Luostarinen · slashing2 min

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