Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals

Sat, Jan 17, 2026 · Capital One Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

5 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at Capital One Arena. Jakob Chychrun scored twice. Daniil Tarasov made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	1	2	2	5	31
WSH	0	2	0	2	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	13:23	FLA	EV	A.J. Greer (10) · snap	Sam Bennett (20), Aaron Ekblad (16)	1–0
2nd	02:04	WSH	EV	Jakob Chychrun (16) · snap	Aliaksei Protas (16), John Carlson (28)	1–1
2nd	10:04	WSH	EV	Jakob Chychrun (17) · snap	John Carlson (29), Nic Dowd (10)	1–2
2nd	11:40	FLA	EV	Sam Bennett (17) · snap	Carter Verhaeghe (22), Niko Mikkola (7)	2–2
2nd	15:16	FLA	PP	Uvis Balinskis (3) · slap	Anton Lundell (20), Sam Reinhart (22)	3–2
3rd	18:40	FLA	SH EN	Anton Lundell (15) · snap	Sam Reinhart (23)	4–2
3rd	19:26	FLA	SH EN	Carter Verhaeghe (14) · snap	Sam Bennett (21), A.J. Greer (9)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	01:14	FLA	Sam Bennett	roughing	2
2nd	01:14	WSH	Nic Dowd	roughing	2
2nd	14:31	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	00:22	FLA	Eetu Luostarinen	high sticking	2
3rd	08:30	WSH	Ethen Frank	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: FLA 5.51 · WSH 3.18 · xG% FLA 63.4

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	2	3	+3	2	5	2	0	27.3	20:22	23
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0		22:05	27
15	Anton Lundell	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	68.4	21:19	27
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	1	1	2	+3	0	3	0	0		19:41	21
10	A.J. Greer	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	0		15:40	21
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		26:08	33
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	1		19:21	26
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	3		19:01	28
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		26:59	31
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0		18:41	24
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	33.3	14:44	20
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		13:55	18
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		12:07	16
22	Tobias Bjornfot	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		12:00	17
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		10:49	15
79	Cole Schwindt	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		7:51	12
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	28.6	7:50	13
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		7:27	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	2	0	2	-1	0	3	2	2		25:02	24
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	2		21:56	24
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1		22:47	26
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	64.3	15:14	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	40.0	20:28	26
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		20:22	23
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		19:36	21
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	2	76.9	19:05	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4		18:46	22
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		18:03	23
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		17:52	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-3	2	1	3	0		16:08	21
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		14:49	20
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		13:57	18
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1		11:49	16
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	100.0	7:21	14
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	66.7	6:36	11
20	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	100.0	5:47	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	L	29	26	3	.897	59:37