Florida PanthersFLA 5–2 Final Washington CapitalsWSH

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Florida PanthersFLA 122 5 31
Washington CapitalsWSH 020 2 24

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
13:23 FLA A.J. Greer (10) Sam Bennett (20), Aaron Ekblad (16) · snap xG 0.07 1–0 ▶
2nd Period
2:04 WSH Jakob Chychrun (16) Aliaksei Protas (16), John Carlson (28) · snap xG 0.09 1–1 ▶
10:04 WSH Jakob Chychrun (17) John Carlson (29), Nic Dowd (10) · snap xG 0.02 1–2 ▶
11:40 FLA Sam Bennett (17) Carter Verhaeghe (22), Niko Mikkola (7) · snap xG 0.34 2–2 ▶
15:16 FLA Uvis Balinskis (3)PP Anton Lundell (20), Sam Reinhart (22) · slap xG 0.06 3–2 ▶
3rd Period
18:40 FLA Anton Lundell (15)EN Sam Reinhart (23) · snap xG 0.65 4–2 ▶
19:26 FLA Carter Verhaeghe (14)EN Sam Bennett (21), A.J. Greer (9) · snap xG 0.86 5–2 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

FLA 66%Deserve to win34% WSH
FLAWSH
5.10Expected goals2.62
5Goals (no shootout)2
2.79Expected goals, 5 on 52.08
69Shot attempts55
50Unblocked attempts45
31Shots on goal24

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

3rd Period
6:40 WSH No shift No shift · Leason, 18:30 on the bench
No shift from 13:32 of the 2nd to 17:26 of the 3rd; 8 shifts (4:57) before that
18:28 WSH Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Thompson, down 3–2
With 1:32 left; FLA scored at 18:40 of the 3rd (4–2)

Shot map

FLA shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ WSH shoots
Sam Reinhart: snap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:31) Sam Reinhart: tip-in, 27 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 0:40) Anton Lundell: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 1:07) Sam Reinhart: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:23) Aaron Ekblad: slap, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 2:07) Sam Bennett: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 2:36) Tobias Bjornfot: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 2:42) Mackie Samoskevich: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:15) Niko Mikkola: snap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:21) Jesper Boqvist: snap, 92 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 3:34) Mackie Samoskevich: snap, 7 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 4:51) Evan Rodrigues: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 5:18) Hendrix Lapierre: deflected, 44 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 5:46) Matt Roy: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:53) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 7:43) Carter Verhaeghe: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 7:54) Sam Reinhart: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 9:50) Eetu Luostarinen: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 9:57) Tobias Bjornfot: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 11:14) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 139 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 11:45) Matt Roy: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 12:08) Dylan Strome: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 13:02) Dylan Strome: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 13:02) Dylan Strome: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.21 (P1 13:05) Sam Bennett: snap, 5 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 13:22) Matt Roy: snap, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 14:27) Trevor van Riemsdyk: slap, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:44) Evan Rodrigues: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:58) Jeff Petry: slap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:43) Luke Kunin: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 16:53) Aliaksei Protas: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 17:59) Sandis Vilmanis: slap, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:48) Ethen Frank: tip-in, 25 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 19:16) Ryan Leonard: tip-in, 81 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 0:29) Sam Bennett: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 1:01) John Carlson: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 1:30) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 2:39) Rasmus Sandin: deflected, 5 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 2:40) Evan Rodrigues: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 2:53) Anton Lundell: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 3:07) Ivan Miroshnichenko: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:43) Aliaksei Protas: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 5:11) Sam Reinhart: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 6:39) Brandon Duhaime: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 8:09) Rasmus Sandin: snap, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:15) Connor McMichael: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 9:04) Ryan Leonard: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 9:09) Aliaksei Protas: slap, 7 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 9:11) Matt Roy: wrist, 184 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:41) John Carlson: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:44) Niko Mikkola: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 11:19) Ethen Frank: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 11:47) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 12:28) Aliaksei Protas: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:29) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 12:53) Aliaksei Protas: deflected, 8 ft, xG 0.24 (P2 12:56) Brandon Duhaime: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 13:30) Anthony Beauvillier: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:35) Sam Bennett: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:32) Anthony Beauvillier: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 16:06) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:26) Ivan Miroshnichenko: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 19:08) Rasmus Sandin: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:12) Gustav Forsling: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:23) Anton Lundell: tip-in, 29 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 0:12) Ethen Frank: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 1:09) Alex Ovechkin: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 2:18) Jesper Boqvist: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 3:14) Jesper Boqvist: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:15) Eetu Luostarinen: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 7:21) A.J. Greer: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 7:52) Sam Reinhart: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 9:09) Sam Reinhart: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 9:22) Sam Reinhart: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 9:27) Connor McMichael: snap, 145 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 9:45) Sam Bennett: tip-in, 19 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 10:14) Evan Rodrigues: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 10:59) John Carlson: wrist, 90 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 11:06) Luke Kunin: tip-in, 23 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 11:35) Ivan Miroshnichenko: tip-in, 26 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 12:09) Carter Verhaeghe: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 14:06) Ryan Leonard: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 14:25) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:40) Carter Verhaeghe: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 15:04) Uvis Balinskis: backhand, 126 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 15:40) Connor McMichael: snap, 58 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 16:16) A.J. Greer: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:24) Sam Bennett: wrist, 164 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 18:55) A.J. Greer: GOAL, snap, 8 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 13:23) Jakob Chychrun: GOAL, snap, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 2:04) Jakob Chychrun: GOAL, snap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:04) Sam Bennett: GOAL, snap, 5 ft, xG 0.34 (P2 11:40) Uvis Balinskis: GOAL, slap, 51 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 15:16) Anton Lundell: GOAL, snap, 113 ft, xG 0.65 (P3 18:40) Carter Verhaeghe: GOAL, snap, 36 ft, xG 0.86 (P3 19:26)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Florida Panthers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
13 Sam Reinhart 022 0 90.72 0022:05
15 Anton Lundell 112 0 50.87 2021:19
9 Sam Bennett 123 +3 110.75 2020:22
23 Carter Verhaeghe 112 +3 61.22 0019:41
27 Eetu Luostarinen 000 +1 20.10 0018:41
18 A.J. Greer 112 +2 40.29 2015:40
17 Evan Rodrigues 000 0 60.37 0114:44
11 Mackie Samoskevich 000 +1 20.09 1012:07
95 Sandis Vilmanis 000 0 10.01 2010:49
79 Cole Schwindt 000 -1 00.00 4007:51
71 Luke Kunin 000 -1 20.24 1007:50
70 Jesper Boqvist 000 -1 30.07 1007:27
Defense
42 Gustav Forsling 000 +1 40.02 0026:59
5 Aaron Ekblad 011 +1 20.01 3126:08
77 Niko Mikkola 011 +2 40.04 2119:21
26 Uvis Balinskis 101 +1 20.06 1319:01
2 Jeff Petry 000 -1 20.01 1113:55
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Daniil Tarasov 24222 .917 2.62 +0.62

Washington Capitals

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
21 Aliaksei Protas 011 0 50.48 2122:47
77 Connor McMichael 000 0 30.12 0020:28
9 Ryan Leonard 000 -1 40.15 2019:36
17 Dylan Strome 000 -3 50.37 0219:05
72 Anthony Beauvillier 000 -2 40.49 2118:03
8 Alex Ovechkin 000 -3 20.10 3016:08
26 Nic Dowd 011 +1 00.00 3015:14
53 Ethen Frank 000 0 30.27 2014:49
24 Brandon Duhaime 000 0 20.03 3007:21
22 Hendrix Lapierre 000 -1 10.04 2106:36
17 Brett Leason 000 -1 00.00 2005:47
Defense
6 Jakob Chychrun 202 -1 80.27 2225:02
74 John Carlson 022 +1 30.07 0221:56
3 Matt Roy 000 0 50.05 2220:22
42 Martin Fehérváry 000 -1 00.00 0418:46
38 Rasmus Sandin 000 -1 50.10 1017:52
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 000 -2 10.01 0213:57
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Logan Thompson 29326 .897 3.59 +0.59

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Florida Panthers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
9 Sam Bennett C +3.95 +2.15 +0.49 +1.39 0.00 -0.05 -0.02 — 20:22
23 Carter Verhaeghe C +3.72 +1.45 +0.79 +1.46 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 19:41
15 Anton Lundell C +1.97 +1.45 +0.57 -0.10 0.00 +0.08 -0.02 — 21:19
10 A.J. Greer L +1.94 +1.30 +0.19 +0.47 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 15:40
13 Sam Reinhart C +1.57 +1.25 +0.47 -0.10 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 — 22:05
77 Niko Mikkola D +1.20 +0.55 +0.03 +0.60 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 19:21
5 Aaron Ekblad D +1.01 +0.55 +0.01 +0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 26:08
11 Mackie Samoskevich R +0.88 0.00 +0.06 +0.69 +0.15 -0.02 0.00 — 12:07
26 Uvis Balinskis D +0.75 +0.75 +0.04 -0.21 0.00 0.00 +0.17 — 19:01
22 Tobias Bjornfot D +0.64 0.00 +0.15 +0.44 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 12:00
40 Daniil Tarasov G +0.62 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.62 60:00
42 Gustav Forsling D +0.62 0.00 +0.01 +0.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 26:59
17 Evan Rodrigues C +0.20 0.00 +0.24 -0.03 0.00 -0.05 +0.05 — 14:44
27 Eetu Luostarinen C +0.12 0.00 +0.07 +0.16 -0.15 0.00 +0.04 — 18:41
2 Jeff Petry D +0.07 0.00 +0.01 +0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 13:55
71 Luke Kunin C +0.01 0.00 +0.16 -0.12 0.00 -0.03 0.00 — 7:50
95 Sandis Vilmanis L -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.29 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 10:49
79 Cole Schwindt R -0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 7:51
70 Jesper Boqvist C -0.37 0.00 +0.05 -0.40 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 7:27

Washington Capitals

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
74 John Carlson D +2.23 +1.25 +0.05 +0.83 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 21:56
6 Jakob Chychrun D +1.90 +1.50 +0.18 +0.19 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 25:02
21 Aliaksei Protas C +1.20 +0.70 +0.32 +0.18 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 22:47
48 Logan Thompson G +0.59 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.59 59:37
26 Nic Dowd C +0.57 +0.55 0.00 +0.06 0.00 +0.04 -0.08 — 15:14
22 Brandon Duhaime R +0.15 0.00 +0.02 +0.13 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 7:21
63 Ivan Miroshnichenko L +0.11 0.00 +0.04 +0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 11:49
29 Hendrix Lapierre C +0.02 0.00 +0.03 -0.07 0.00 +0.02 +0.05 — 6:36
9 Ryan Leonard R -0.10 0.00 +0.10 -0.18 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 19:36
24 Connor McMichael C -0.10 0.00 +0.08 -0.12 0.00 -0.04 -0.02 — 20:28
20 Brett Leason R -0.12 0.00 0.00 -0.13 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 5:47
42 Martin Fehérváry D -0.14 0.00 0.00 -0.45 +0.15 0.00 +0.16 — 18:46
53 Ethen Frank C -0.39 0.00 +0.18 -0.38 -0.15 -0.01 -0.02 — 14:49
17 Dylan Strome C -0.39 0.00 +0.24 -0.80 0.00 +0.07 +0.10 — 19:05
72 Anthony Beauvillier L -0.53 0.00 +0.32 -0.90 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 18:03
3 Matt Roy D -0.56 0.00 +0.03 -0.69 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 20:22
38 Rasmus Sandin D -0.58 0.00 +0.06 -0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:52
8 Alex Ovechkin L -0.69 0.00 +0.07 -0.60 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 16:08
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D -1.01 0.00 +0.01 -1.10 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 13:57

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.