
Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
· National Hockey LeagueNHL-best Capitals beat the defending champion Panthers 6-3 for their 4th consecutive win

Wilson set up Connor McMichael's opening goal in the first period before scoring his own 7 seconds after the ensuing intermission. Dylan Strome scoring 52 seconds later made it eight goals combined between the teams in the first 21 minutes of a high-event game largely lacking in defense.
Anthony Beauvillier, John Carlson and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Capitals, who were the first team in the league to clinch a playoff spot and have won nine of their last 10. Logan Thompson made 33 saves to improve to 31-4-5 in his first season with Washington.
Ovechkin had five shots on net but remained at 888 career goals, seven back of breaking Wayne Gretzky's record.
Sam Bennett, Seth Jones and Jonah Gadjovich scored for the short-handed Panthers, who are without Matthew Tkachuk and Aaron Ekblad and are awaiting Brad Marchand to debut. Vitek Vanecek allowed six goals on 31 shots.
Capitals: With a big lead atop the Eastern Conference, they showed they can win while fiddling around with some things before the playoffs.
WSH wins series 3-0
Scoring Summary
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Goal | 1st Period 3:15 | Connor McMichael Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (28) |
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Goal | 1st Period 6:35 | Sam Bennett Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Mackie Samoskevich (13), Gustav Forsling (15) |
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Goal | 1st Period 12:24 | John Carlson Goal (5) Slap Shot, assists: Connor McMichael (29), Pierre-Luc Dubois (43) |
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Goal | 1st Period 13:56 | Seth Jones Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Sam Bennett (24), Evan Rodrigues (14) |
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Goal | 1st Period 14:56 | Anthony Beauvillier Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Sandin (23), Trevor van Riemsdyk (18) |
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Goal | 1st Period 15:27 | Jonah Gadjovich Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Nico Sturm (7) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 0:07 | Tom Wilson Goal (31) Backhand, assists: Matt Roy (21), Martin Fehervary (17) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 0:59 | Dylan Strome Goal (23) Deflected, assists: Alex Ovechkin (23), Aliaksei Protas (34) |
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Goal | 2nd Period 5:57 | Andrew Mangiapane Goal (13) Tip-In, assists: Alex Ovechkin (24), Martin Fehervary (18) |
Statistics
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12 | Blocked Shots | 20 |
43 | Hits | 22 |
9 | Takeaways | 9 |
36 | Shots | 33 |
0 | Power Play Goals | 0 |
3 | Power Play Opportunities | 2 |
0.0 | Power Play Percentage | 0.0 |
0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
30 | Faceoffs Won | 29 |
50.8 | Faceoff Win Percent | 49.2 |
17 | Giveaways | 9 |
3 | Total Penalties | 4 |
6 | Penalty Minutes | 8 |
Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Matt Roy, D | Day-To-Day | Apr 3 |
Logan Thompson, G | Day-To-Day | Apr 2 |
Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
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Aleksander Barkov, C | Day-To-Day | Apr 3 |
Nico Sturm, C | Day-To-Day | Apr 3 |
Dmitry Kulikov, D | Out | Mar 31 |
Matthew Tkachuk, LW | Injured Reserve | Mar 31 |
Game Information
Capital One Arena
Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 18,573 | Capacity:

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 18,573 | Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
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46 | 25 | 96 | 4 |
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44 | 25 | 93 | 5 |
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44 | 27 | 92 | 4 |
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39 | 29 | 84 | 6 |
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35 | 30 | 79 | 9 |
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34 | 33 | 75 | 7 |
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32 | 36 | 70 | 6 |
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30 | 36 | 69 | 9 |
2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings
TEAM | W | L | PTS | OTL |
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48 | 18 | 105 | 9 |
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46 | 24 | 96 | 4 |
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40 | 29 | 87 | 7 |
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36 | 32 | 79 | 7 |
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34 | 30 | 77 | 9 |
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32 | 32 | 74 | 10 |
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30 | 34 | 71 | 11 |
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31 | 36 | 71 | 9 |