Washington Capitals @ Florida Panthers

East 1st Round - Game 2 • Series tied 1-1

44-26-12, 25-10-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	0	1	0	1
Panthers FLA	2	3	0	5

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

58-18-6, 34-7-0 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Johan LarssonJ. Larsson#22
Brett LeasonB. Leason#49
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Justin SchultzJ. Schultz#2
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	-1	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	22	18:06	3:29	0:07	14:30	4	9	30.8
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	17	10:40	0:00	1:51	8:49	3	4	42.9
0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	0	5	1	0	23	17:52	0:00	4:11	13:41	10	12	45.5
0	0	-3	2	3	3	3	14	9	0	0	23	13:35	0:03	3:17	10:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	14:08	1:00	0:07	13:01	1	1	50.0
0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	26	15:49	3:03	1:46	11:00	9	9	50.0
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	9:49	0:00	0:39	9:10	2	0	100.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	8:17	0:00	0:04	8:13	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	21	15:08	1:08	0:00	14:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	5	1	3	23	19:24	3:27	2:18	13:39	3	1	75.0
0	1	-1	5	1	0	0	0	6	0	3	24	14:54	3:46	0:01	11:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	25	16:13	1:10	1:38	13:25	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-2	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	2	29	22:11	3:52	3:01	15:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	27	18:51	0:00	3:32	15:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	28	22:42	0:00	4:52	17:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	27	20:34	0:51	0:47	18:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	15:03	0:45	0:11	14:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	22	16:55	0:00	3:38	13:17	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ilya SamsonovI. Samsonov#30
Vitek VanecekV. Vanecek#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
17	0	17	1.000	16	0	1	0	0	20:00	0
19	5	14	.737	11	1	2	0	0	39:49	2

Florida Panthers


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Aleksander BarkovA. Barkov#16
Sam BennettS. Bennett#9
Anthony DuclairA. Duclair#10
Claude GirouxC. Giroux#28
Patric HornqvistP. Hornqvist#70
Jonathan HuberdeauJ. Huberdeau#11
Anton LundellA. Lundell#15
Eetu LuostarinenE. Luostarinen#27
Mason MarchmentM. Marchment#17
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#13
Carter VerhaegheC. Verhaeghe#23
defensemen
Ben ChiarotB. Chiarot#8
Aaron EkbladA. Ekblad#5
Gustav ForslingG. Forsling#42
Radko GudasR. Gudas#7
Brandon MontourB. Montour#62
MacKenzie WeegarM. Weegar#52

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	14	11:50	0:00	0:00	11:50	1	5	16.7
1	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	25	18:09	4:10	2:09	11:50	13	10	56.5
0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	20	16:04	3:38	0:42	11:44	6	3	66.7
0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	13:08	2:57	0:00	10:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	18	13:07	3:44	0:05	9:18	8	4	66.7
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	16	13:32	3:16	0:00	10:16	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	22	19:18	5:12	2:05	12:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	21	14:56	0:25	1:20	13:11	3	6	33.3
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	12:17	0:00	1:04	11:13	3	3	50.0
1	0	1	3	2	0	2	4	4	1	0	18	12:33	1:00	0:00	11:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	21	18:29	3:37	1:11	13:41	3	2	60.0
1	1	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	13:57	0:11	0:00	13:46	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	20	16:09	0:04	0:00	16:05	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	19:13	4:09	2:30	12:34	0	0	0.0
0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	29	21:08	0:27	2:08	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	31	19:47	0:50	2:20	16:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	21:00	3:38	0:00	17:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	26	18:46	2:42	2:23	13:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Sergei BobrovskyS. Bobrovsky#72

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	1	26	.963	20	2	4	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	0	1	0	1
	Panthers	2	3	0	5

1st Period			WSH	FLA
16:20		Aaron Ekblad (1) Assists: Aleksander Barkov (1)	0	1
17:58		Aleksander Barkov (1) Assists: Anthony Duclair (1), Jonathan Huberdeau (1)	0	2

2nd Period		WSH	FLA
2:44	Nicklas Backstrom (1) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1)	1	2
3:11	Mason Marchment (1) Assists: Brandon Montour (2), Claude Giroux (1)	1	3
15:24	Anton Lundell (1) Assists: Sam Reinhart (1), Carter Verhaeghe (2)	1	4
17:32	Carter Verhaeghe (1) Assists: Radko Gudas (2), Gustav Forsling (1)	1	5

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

Capitals
4
Panthers
2

Game 1

4/5

Capitals
1
Panthers
5

Game 2

6/5

Panthers
1
Capitals
6

Game 3

7/5

Panthers
3
Capitals
2

Game 4

10/5

Capitals
3
Panthers
5

Game 5

12/5

Panthers
4
Capitals
3

Game 6

14/5

Amerant Bank Arena

12:30 AM, 6 May 2022

Sunrise, FL

Attendance: 19,636

Referees:
Kevin Pollock
TJ Luxmore

Linesmen:
Libor Suchanek

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	11	3	47
Philadelphia	19	10	7	45
NY Islanders	20	13	4	44
Washington	19	13	5	43
NY Rangers	19	16	4	42
New Jersey	20	16	1	41
Pittsburgh	15	12	9	39
Columbus	15	15	6	36

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	5	45
Tampa Bay	20	13	3	43
Florida	20	14	2	42
Ottawa	18	13	5	41
Boston	20	17	1	41
Buffalo	18	14	4	40
Toronto	16	15	5	37

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Washington Capitals @ Florida Panthers

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