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Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals

Sat Nov 712:30 PM ETESPN+Washington, DC
By JR·2 min read
Panthers(9-6-2)
Capitals(9-6-0)
3—4
FINAL

TLDR: Washington lost Tom Wilson to an ejection in the 1st period, gave up 2 Tkachuk goals, and still beat Florida 4-3 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals stopped a 2-game home skid by winning the 2nd period 2-0.

FINAL · SAT NOV 7, 5:30 PMESPN+
Panthers
(9-6-2)
LWLWW
3
Capitals
(9-6-0)
WLLWW
4
Final1P2P3PT
FLA
2013
WSH
1214

Washington beat Florida 4-3 at Capital One Arena despite losing Tom Wilson to a 1st-period ejection for a hit that knocked Sandis Vilmanis out of the game. Tkachuk scored twice, once on the major, and Florida led 2-1 after 1. Alex Tuch and Aliaksei Protas then won the 2nd for Washington, and Pierre-Luc Dubois's 3rd-period goal held up as the winner.

Florida Panthers
  • Tkachuk scored twice, once on Wilson's major
  • Led 2-1 after a 2-goal 1st period
  • Bennett's 3rd-period goal kept it within 1
  • Shut out 2-0 in the 2nd period
  • Lost Vilmanis to injury in the 1st
  • Early turnover set up St. Ivany's first NHL goal
Washington Capitals
  • Tuch and Protas flipped it in the 2nd
  • Dubois's 3rd-period goal held up as the winner
  • Won a full game with 1 fewer forward
  • Wilson ejected for the hit on Vilmanis
  • Gave up a power-play goal on the major
  • Kyrou didn't score

The Capitals scored first. Jack St. Ivany got his first NHL goal off a Florida turnover. After that, the 1st period turned on Tom Wilson. He was ejected for a hit on Sandis Vilmanis that the Capitals' own beat called violent and unnecessary. Vilmanis left with an injury and didn't come back. Florida was already playing without Anton Lundell, so the forward group got thinner as the game went on.

Florida made Washington pay on the major right away. Tkachuk scored twice, 1 of them on the 5-minute power play, and the Panthers led 2-1 after 20 minutes. Florida had scored 5 goals in 3 of its previous 5 games, and for a period this looked like another one.

Then Washington took over the 2nd. The preview said Washington's top 6 would decide this one, and Alex Tuch backed that up by tying it at 2. Aliaksei Protas then put the Capitals ahead. Washington won the period 2-0, which settled the game more than anything Florida did with the extra man.

Pierre-Luc Dubois pushed a puck through in the 3rd to make it 4-2, and that goal ended up being the winner. Sam Bennett got 1 back to make it 4-3, but Florida couldn't find a tying goal. Washington won while playing most of the game a forward short, and it's the opposite of the Dallas game, when the Capitals had to chase a 4-0 hole all night.

Florida Panthers
(9-6-2)
11/07L@Capitals3-4
11/05WvsBlackhawks5-3
11/03LvsRed Wings3-5
10/30WvsJets5-2
10/28W@Jets5-1
Washington Capitals
(9-6-0)
11/07WvsPanthers4-3
11/04LvsStars5-6
11/01LvsWild1-5
10/30W@Predators4-3
10/28WvsFlyers5-2

Some of the names the preview pointed to didn't show up on the goal sheet. Jordan Kyrou came in with 12 points in his last 8 games and didn't score. Sam Reinhart is still chasing 2nd on Florida's all-time goals list after going without a goal. Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand traveled with the team but stayed on IR. Without them, Florida got 3 goals and couldn't get a 4th.

Florida now has another injury worry on top of Barkov and Marchand. Vilmanis went down early and Lundell sat out, and the road trip opens with a loss. Washington has its own problem: the league may want a word with Wilson. Still, the Capitals got a win at home after 2 straight losses there.

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