NHL · Jan 17, 2026

Florida Panthers

5–2

Final

Washington Capitals

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The Panthers beat the Capitals 5–2 at Capital One Arena. S. Bennett took first star with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Panthers	1	2	2	5	31
Capitals	0	2	0	2	24

★ Three Stars

1S. BennettFLA · 1G 2A

2J. ChychrunWSH · 2G 0A

3U. BalinskisFLA · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

13:23

A.J. Greer (Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad)

1-0

2nd Period

02:04

Jakob Chychrun (Aliaksei Protas, John Carlson)

1-1

10:04

Jakob Chychrun (John Carlson, Nic Dowd)

1-2

11:40

Sam Bennett (Carter Verhaeghe, Niko Mikkola)

2-2

15:16

Uvis Balinskis (Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart)PP

3-2

3rd Period

18:40

Anton Lundell (Sam Reinhart)EN

4-2

19:26

Carter Verhaeghe (Sam Bennett, A.J. Greer)EN

5-2

Boxscore

Panthers5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sam BennettC	1	2	3	+3	2	5	2	0	20:22
A.J. GreerL	1	1	2	+2	0	2	2	0	15:40
Anton LundellC	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	21:19
Carter VerhaegheC	1	1	2	+3	0	3	0	0	19:41
Sam ReinhartC	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	22:05
Uvis BalinskisD	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	3	19:01
Aaron EkbladD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1	26:08
Niko MikkolaD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	1	19:21
Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	7:27
Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	14:44
Eetu LuostarinenC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	18:41
Gustav ForslingD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	26:59
Mackie SamoskevichR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	12:07
Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	13:55
Luke KuninC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	7:50
Tobias BjornfotD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	12:00
Cole SchwindtR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	7:51
Sandis VilmanisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:49

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Daniil TarasovStart	24	22	2	.917	60:00
Sergei Bobrovsky	0	0	0	-	0:00

Capitals2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Jakob ChychrunD	2	0	2	-1	0	3	2	2	25:02
John CarlsonD	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	2	21:56
Aliaksei ProtasL	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	22:47
Nic DowdC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	15:14
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	6:36
Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1	18:03
Ethen FrankR	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	14:49
Ryan LeonardR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	19:36
Ivan MiroshnichenkoL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	11:49
Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-3	2	1	3	0	16:08
Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	2	19:05
Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	18:46
Matt RoyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	20:22
Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	17:52
Connor McMichaelL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20:28
Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	13:57
Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	7:21
Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	5:47

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Logan ThompsonStart	29	26	3	.897	59:37
Charlie Lindgren	0	0	0	-	0:00