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Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 2026 · Capital One Arena

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersAway

5–2

Final

SOG 31–24

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsHome

MNMT · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Panthers outshot the Capitals 31-24.

Jakob Chychrun scored twice. A.J. Greer, Sam Bennett, Uvis Balinskis, Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe also scored.

Daniil Tarasov made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 26 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Florida PanthersFLA122531
Washington CapitalsWSH020224

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSam BennettFLA · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starJakob ChychrunWSH · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starUvis BalinskisFLA · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
GoalFLA on iceWSH on ice

1–0 FLA

1st 13:23 · Greer

Beauvillier 0:40

1–1 WSH

2nd 2:04 · Chychrun

Ekblad 0:32

1–2 WSH

2nd 10:04 · Chychrun

Kunin 0:35

2–2 FLA

2nd 11:40 · Bennett

Ovechkin 0:54

3–2 FLA

2nd 15:16 · PP · Balinskis

Carlson 0:45

4–2 FLA

3rd 18:40 · EN · Lundell

McMichael 1:00

5–2 FLA

3rd 19:26 · EN · Verhaeghe

Strome 1:10

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

FLAWSH
31Shots on goal24
41%Faceoff %59%
1/2Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes6
22Hits30
8Blocked shots18
15Giveaways20
9Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 2nd 01:14Sam Bennett · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 01:14Nic Dowd · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:31Alex Ovechkin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 00:22Eetu Luostarinen · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 08:30Ethen Frank · roughing2 min

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