Florida Panthers 5, Washington Capitals 2: final score and stats
Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers 5 to Washington Capitals 2, on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers.
NHLSaturday, January 17, 2026
DateJan 17, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
25-19-3Record24-19-6
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
6-7Road record / home record7-4
WLLWLLast 5WWLLW
W1StreakW2
Team stats
Florida PanthersWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Florida Panthers
Sandis Vilmanis LW · Undisclosed
OutBrad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Florida Panthers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bennett | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:22 | 2:45 | 1:14 | 16:23 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:27 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:40 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kunin | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:50 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:19 | 2:43 | 0:46 | 17:50 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 72.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:41 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:05 | 2:45 | 0:44 | 18:36 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 | 0:02 | 1:16 | 13:26 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 12:06 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Schwindt | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 7:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:51 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 19:41 | 2:44 | 0:00 | 16:57 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:49 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uvis Balinskis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:01 | 2:12 | 0:49 | 16:00 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobias Bjornfot | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26:08 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 24:57 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:59 | 0:33 | 1:11 | 25:15 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 18:32 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Petry | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Tarasov | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .917 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 18:03 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 16:43 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 | 0:00 | 1:22 | 13:52 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:21 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 12:49 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6:36 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 6:05 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Leason | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 5:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:36 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 18:07 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:28 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 18:49 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:49 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 16:08 | 2:00 | 0:02 | 14:06 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 21:43 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 19:05 | 2:00 | 0:03 | 17:02 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 76.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:56 | 0:00 | 1:26 | 20:30 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 25:02 | 2:00 | 0:03 | 22:59 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:46 | 0:00 | 2:07 | 16:39 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 19:45 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:52 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 17:13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 13:19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .897 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 59:37 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals?
Florida Panthers won, 5-2, on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals?
Florida Panthers 5, Washington Capitals 2.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Sam Bennett (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Jakob Chychrun (2 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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