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Panthers vs Capitals

Final · Sat Jan 17 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena

Florida PanthersPanthers25-19-3
5
FinalJan 17, 2026
Washington CapitalsCapitals24-19-6
2
TVMNMTStreamESPN+Scripps Sports

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
FLA+136
WSH−162
Puck line
FLA +1.5−198
WSH −1.5+164
Total O/U
Over 6.5+110
Under 6.5−130
  • Puck line: Panthers +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: over 6.5 (7 goals).

Recap

The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 at Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan 17, 2026 to move to 25-19-3.

The game was played before 18,347.

Score by period

Florida Panthers and Washington Capitals, score by period
Team123T
FLA1225
WSH0202

W: Tarasov · L: Thompson

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. FLAGoal · 13:23A.J. Greer Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (20), Aaron Ekblad (16)1-0

Second Period

  1. WSHGoal · 2:04Jakob Chychrun Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (16), John Carlson (28)1-1
  2. WSHGoal · 10:04Jakob Chychrun Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: John Carlson (29), Nic Dowd (10)1-2
  3. FLAGoal · 11:40Sam Bennett Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (22), Niko Mikkola (7)2-2
  4. FLAGoal · 15:16Uvis Balinskis Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (20), Sam Reinhart (22)3-2

Third Period

  1. FLAGoal · 18:40Anton Lundell Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (23)4-2
  2. FLAGoal · 19:26Carter Verhaeghe Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (21), A.J. Greer (9)5-2

Team stats

FLAWSH
Shots
31
24
Power Play Goals
1
0
Faceoff Win Percent
41.1
58.9
Hits
23
29
Blocked Shots
8
18
Penalty Minutes
4
6

Top performers

Florida PanthersWashington Capitals

Goals

Sam Bennett1
Jakob Chychrun2

Assists

Sam Bennett2
Aliaksei Protas1

Points

Sam Bennett3
Jakob Chychrun2

Player stats

Panthers · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Sam Bennett C020320:22125027.32
Jesper Boqvist C010-17:2700200.00
A.J. Greer LW020215:4011200.00
Luke Kunin C010-17:50001028.60
Anton Lundell C020021:19112072.20
Eetu Luostarinen C002118:4100200.02
Sam Reinhart C001022:0502400.00
Evan Rodrigues C100014:44003033.30
Mackie Samoskevich RW010112:0700100.00
Cole Schwindt RW040-17:5100000.00
Carter Verhaeghe C002319:4111300.00
Sandis Vilmanis LW020010:4900000.00

Panthers · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Uvis Balinskis D312119:0110200.00
Tobias Bjornfot D110012:0000200.00
Aaron Ekblad D132126:0801100.00
Gustav Forsling D000126:5900100.00
Niko Mikkola D120219:2101000.00
Jeff Petry D110-113:5500000.00

Panthers · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Daniil Tarasov G22422.91760:000

Capitals · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Anthony Beauvillier LW121-218:0300200.00
Nic Dowd C030115:14010064.32
Brandon Duhaime RW03007:210010100.00
Ethen Frank C020014:4900100.02
Hendrix Lapierre C120-16:36001066.70
Brett Leason RW020-15:470000100.00
Ryan Leonard RW020-119:3600200.00
Connor McMichael C001020:28002040.00
Ivan Miroshnichenko LW130111:4900100.00
Alex Ovechkin LW030-316:0800100.02
Aliaksei Protas C120022:4701100.00
Dylan Strome C200-319:05002076.90

Capitals · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
John Carlson D200121:5602300.00
Jakob Chychrun D220-125:0220300.00
Martin Fehervary D400-118:4600000.00
Matt Roy D220020:2200200.00
Rasmus Sandin D010-117:5200200.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D200-213:5700000.00

Capitals · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Logan Thompson G32926.89759:370

Three stars

  1. Sam Bennett (FLA)
  2. Jakob Chychrun (WSH)
  3. Uvis Balinskis (FLA)

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