Final · January 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : FLA 31 — WSH 24 · Capital One Arena
Three stars
- 1★
S. BennettFLA · C · 1B 2A - 2★
J. ChychrunWSH · D · 2B 0A - 3★
U. BalinskisFLA · D · 1B 0A
FLAGame statsWSH 
- 31Shots on goal24
- 41 %Faceoff win %59 %
- 1/2Power play0/1
- 4Penalty minutes6
- 22Hits30
- 8Blocked shots18
- 15Giveaways20
- 9Takeaways2
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| WSH | 4 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
Season seriesFLA 3 – 0 WSH
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← FLA 5 / 31 / 502 / 24 / 45 WSH →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
A.J. GreerFLA · 13:23Assists : Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad1 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
- Jakob ChychrunWSH · 02:04Assists : Aliaksei Protas, John Carlson1 – 1▶ Watch
- Jakob ChychrunWSH · 10:04Assists : John Carlson, Nic Dowd1 – 2▶ Watch
- Sam BennettFLA · 11:40Assists : Carter Verhaeghe, Niko Mikkola2 – 2▶ Watch
- Uvis BalinskisFLA · 15:16 · PPAssists : Anton Lundell, Sam Reinhart3 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
Anton LundellFLA · 18:40Assists : Sam Reinhart4 – 2▶ Watch
Carter VerhaegheFLA · 19:26Assists : Sam Bennett, A.J. Greer5 – 2▶ Watch
Penalties
2nd period
- 01:14FLASam Bennett — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Nic Dowd
- 01:14WSHNic Dowd — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Sam Bennett
- 14:31WSHAlex Ovechkin — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
3rd period
- 00:22FLAEetu Luostarinen — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Martin Fehérváry
- 08:30WSHEthen Frank — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Mackie Samoskevich
Box score
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. BennettC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20:22 |
| A. GreerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15:40 |
| M. SamoskevichR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12:07 |
| S. ReinhartC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22:05 |
| A. LundellC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:19 |
| E. RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14:44 |
| C. VerhaegheC | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19:41 |
| E. LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:41 |
| J. BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 07:27 |
| L. KuninC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 07:50 |
| C. SchwindtR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 07:51 |
| S. VilmanisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 |
| J. PetryD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:55 |
| A. EkbladD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 26:08 |
| T. BjornfotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:00 |
| U. BalinskisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:01 |
| G. ForslingD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26:59 |
| N. MikkolaD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:21 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Tarasov(W) | 22/24 | 91.7 % | 60:00 |
| S. Bobrovsky | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| R. LeonardR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 19:36 |
| D. StromeC | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 19:05 |
| B. LeasonR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 05:47 |
| A. ProtasL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:47 |
| B. DuhaimeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 07:21 |
| C. McMichaelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:28 |
| N. DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:14 |
| H. LapierreC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 06:36 |
| E. FrankR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| I. MiroshnichenkoL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11:49 |
| A. BeauvillierR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| M. RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 20:22 |
| J. ChychrunD | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 25:02 |
| R. SandinD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 17:52 |
| M. FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 |
| T. van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 |
| J. CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21:56 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson(L) | 26/29 | 89.7 % | 59:37 |
| C. Lindgren | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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