Sat, Jan 17 · FINAL
19:26Carter Verhaeghe Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (21), A.J. Greer (9)
FLA
WSH
Daniil Tarasov24 SA22 SV2 GA.917
Logan ThompsonScoring
- 19:263rdCarter Verhaeghe Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (21), A.J. Greer (9)
- 18:403rdAnton Lundell Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Reinhart (23)
- 15:162ndUvis Balinskis Goal (3) Slap Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (20), Sam Reinhart (22)
- 11:402ndSam Bennett Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Carter Verhaeghe (22), Niko Mikkola (7)
- 10:042ndJakob Chychrun Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: John Carlson (29), Nic Dowd (10)
- 2:042ndJakob Chychrun Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (16), John Carlson (28)
- 13:231stA.J. Greer Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (20), Aaron Ekblad (16)
Florida Panthers
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uvis BalinskisD | 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 BjornfotD | 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 EkbladD | 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 ForslingD | 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 MikkolaD | 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 PetryD | 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 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 John CarlsonD | 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 ChychrunD | 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 FehervaryD | 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 RoyD | 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 SandinD | 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 RiemsdykD | 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 |
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