FLA
Florida Panthers
38-38-4 · W1 · L10: 3-6-1
L
W
W
L
L
W
L
OT
W
L
Final
5—2
2026-01-17 · Capital One Arena
WSH
Washington Capitals
42-30-9 · W3 · L10: 7-3-0
L
W
L
W
L
W
SO
L
W
L
FLA dominated expected goals 5.1 to 2.5 · FLA controlled 55.8% of 5v5 shot attempts
xG Flow
CUMULATIVEFLA xG
5.05
ACTUAL
5 — 2
WSH xG
2.55
Scoring Timeline
0.11
HIGH xG
1P 13:23Even Strength
10
A.J. Greer(10)
L · FLA · #10
Sam Bennett (20), Aaron Ekblad (16)FLA 1 - 0 WSH
0.05
MED xG
2P 02:044 on 4
6
Jakob Chychrun(16)
D · WSH · #6
Aliaksei Protas (16), John Carlson (28)FLA 1 - 1 WSH
0.01
LOW xG
2P 10:04Even Strength6
Jakob Chychrun(17)
D · WSH · #6
John Carlson (29), Nic Dowd (10)FLA 1 - 2 WSH
0.30
HIGH xG
2P 11:40Even Strength
9
Sam Bennett(17)
C · FLA · #9
Carter Verhaeghe (22), Niko Mikkola (7)FLA 2 - 2 WSH
0.03
LOW xG
2P 15:16Power Play
26
Uvis Balinskis(3)
D · FLA · #26
Anton Lundell (20), Sam Reinhart (22)FLA 3 - 2 WSH
1.04
HIGH xG
3P 18:40Power Play
15
Anton Lundell(15)
C · FLA · #15
Sam Reinhart (23)FLA 4 - 2 WSH
0.81
HIGH xG
3P 19:26Power Play
23
Carter Verhaeghe(14)
C · FLA · #23
Sam Bennett (21), A.J. Greer (9)FLA 5 - 2 WSH
Three Stars
PUCKLAB PICKS★1
40
Daniil Tarasov
G · FLA · #40
22/24 saves, .916 SV%, +0.7 GSAx
★2
48
Logan Thompson
G · WSH · #48
26/29 saves, .896 SV%, +0.3 GSAx
★3
9
Sam Bennett
C · FLA · #9
1G, 2A, 5 SOG, 2 HIT
Team Stats
FLAWSH
31Shots24
5.06xGF2.55
55.8CF%44.2
41.1FO%58.9
1/2PP0/1
22Hits30
8Blocks18
15Giveaways20
9Takeaways2
4PIM6
Period Breakdown
| Period | FLA SOG | WSH SOG | FLA xG | WSH xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 13 | 4 | 1.22 | 0.83 |
| 2nd | 5 | 12 | 0.72 | 1.42 |
| 3rd | 8 | 6 | 3.11 | 0.30 |
| Total | 26 | 22 | 5.05 | 2.55 |
Penalties
5 TOTAL2P 01:14
Sam Bennettroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Nic Dowd2P 01:14
Nic Dowdroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Sam Bennett2P 14:31
Alex Ovechkindelaying-game-puck-over-glass (2 min)
3P 00:22
Eetu Luostarinenhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Martin Fehérváry3P 08:30
Ethen Frankroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Mackie Samoskevich