Washington Capitals 3, Florida Panthers 5: final score and stats
Florida Panthers beat Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals 3 to Florida Panthers 5, on Monday, December 29, 2025 at Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals.
NHLMonday, December 29, 2025
DateDec 29, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueAmerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,421
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Florida Panthers | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsFlorida Panthers
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
20-14-5Record21-15-2
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding5th in Atlantic Division
3-2Road record / home record4-2
WWLLWLast 5WLLWL
W2StreakW1
Team stats
Washington CapitalsFlorida Panthers
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.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveFlorida Panthers
Sandis Vilmanis LW · Undisclosed
OutBrad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 | 0:43 | 1:08 | 12:26 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 | 0:00 | 3:57 | 10:41 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:34 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:53 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 7:57 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:09 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:13 | 5:20 | 0:00 | 8:53 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Connor McMichael | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:28 | 0:54 | 4:18 | 11:16 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 20:24 | 8:04 | 0:00 | 12:20 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:19 | 0:42 | 4:12 | 12:25 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 14:39 | 1:11 | 1:02 | 12:26 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:56 | 7:39 | 0:00 | 13:17 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 73.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20:48 | 6:39 | 4:12 | 9:57 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 22:43 | 4:23 | 5:16 | 13:04 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 26:59 | 7:57 | 0:00 | 19:02 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 5:01 | 12:04 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:38 | 0:00 | 3:39 | 13:59 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:56 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 15:06 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:35 | 0:00 | 4:05 | 10:30 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .857 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 58:45 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 20:51 | 7:10 | 1:16 | 12:25 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:39 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Greer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:38 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 10:15 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Kunin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:58 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:58 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:14 | 2:15 | 4:46 | 13:13 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 29.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:21 | 1:26 | 2:31 | 12:24 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:28 | 7:21 | 3:06 | 11:01 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:25 | 7:27 | 4:00 | 11:58 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:50 | 3:06 | 0:43 | 12:01 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 | 6:01 | 0:00 | 9:49 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Studnicka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:55 | 2:11 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 | 0:07 | 1:14 | 12:33 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:01 | 2:22 | 5:17 | 14:22 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:03 | 0:04 | 3:56 | 15:03 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Seth Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:19 | 7:07 | 2:13 | 12:59 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Niko Mikkola | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:15 | 0:00 | 3:47 | 15:28 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Petry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 0:28 | 1:06 | 12:42 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Bobrovsky | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 59:57 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers?
Florida Panthers won, 5-3, on Monday, December 29, 2025.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers?
Washington Capitals 3, Florida Panthers 5.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Tom Wilson (2 goals). Florida Panthers: Sam Reinhart (2 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers played?
Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL.
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