Florida Panthers (22-22-8 52pts) at Washington Capitals (30-18-6 66pts)
Florida Panthers Lineups:
Frank Vatrano – Aleksander Barkov – Evgenii Dadonov
Jonathan Huberdeau – Vincent Trocheck – Derick Brassard
Mike Hoffman – Michael Haley – Riley Sheahan
Troy Brouwer – Denis Malgin – Colton Sceviour
Keith Yandle – Aaron Ekblad
Mike Matheson – Mark Pysyk
Ian McCoshen – Josh Brown
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Injuries: Jayce Hawryluk (lower body), Derek MacKenzie (upper body), 52-MacKenzie Weegar (illness)
Scratches: Bogdan Kiselevich, Henrik Borgstrom
Washington Capitals Lineups:
Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – TJ Oshie
Jakub Vrana – Evgeny Kuznetsov – Tom Wilson
Andre Burakovsky – Lars Eller – Brett Connolly
Dmitrij Jaskin – Nic Down – Travis Boyd
Michal Kempny – John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov – Matt Niskanen
Brooks Orpik – Christian Djoos
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
Injured: none
Scratched: Chandler Stephenson, Madison Bowey, DeVante Smith-Pelly
1st Period:
Florida Penalty: Ian McCoshen for Holding – 2 min minor – 5:34
Washington Penalty: TJ Oshie for Tripping – 2 min minor – 10:54
Florida Goal: Frank Vitrano (18) assisted by Vincent Trochek (14), Aaron Ekblad (14) – 12:55
Florida Goal: Keith Yandle (8) assisted by Denis Malgin (7) and Riley Sheahan (4) – 13:30
Washington Penalty: Christian Djoos for Elbowing – 2 min minor – 16:35
End of 1st – FLA – 2 WAS – 0
Shots 09 09
Faceoffs 12 07
Hits 06 08
PP 0/2 0/1
Need to do: The Capitals need to create a little more chaos around the net. Florida scored two quick goals after the TJ Oshie tripping penalty and Washington needs to play offensively a bit stronger
Analysis: The Capitals played a strong first 10 minutes of the period but would start to turn the puck over more and would allow to quick goals after the TJ Oshie penalty. There would be a very questionable penalty call on Djoos for elbowing after Colton Sceviour would run into Djoos’ elbow.
2nd Period:
Washington Goal: Brett Connolly (11) assisted by Andre Burakovsky (7) – 5:02
Florida Goal: Colton Sceviour (5) assisted by Aaron Ekblad (15) – 9:17
Washington Penalty: Brett Connolly for Slashing – 2 min minor – 16:33
Washington Goal: Lars Eller (7) assisted by Nic Dowd (10) and Brett Connolly (17) – 19:19
End of 2nd – FLA – 3 WAS – 2
Shots 18 20
Faceoffs 22 21
Hits 13 11
PP 0/3 0/1
Need to Do: The Capitals need to try and focus on the game and continue playing a hard 20 minutes and avoid turnovers and the penalty box. The Capitals have given up a couple of penalties in this game and need to play their game.
Analysis: This would be a slow period for both teams. Washington would score two goals in the period to bring the contest within a goal. Lots of good back and forth action between the Panthers and Capitals but when Eller scored, play continued until ten seconds after the goal was scored. This happened due the puck going in and out of the net in a very fast pace until the whistle came and the Situation Room in Toronto would call this a good goal.
3rd Period:
Florida Goal: Derick Brassard (10) unassisted – :07
Washington Goal: Brett Connolly (12) assisted by Andre Burakovsky (8) and Lars Eller (17) – 6:12
Washington Goal: Evgeny Kuznetsov (13) assisted by Dmitry Orlov (13) and Alex Ovechkin (24) – 16:54
Washington Penalty: Brett Connolly for Slashing – 2 min minor – 19:56
End of 3rd – FLA – 4 WAS – 4
Shots 27 30
Faceoffs 31 31
Hits 20 16
PP 0/4* 0/1
*- 1:56 left in the Power Play
Overtime:
Florida PPG: Mike Hoffman (25) assisted by Keith Yandle (34) and Aleksander Barkov (34) – 1:31
End of OT – FLA – 5 WAS – 4
Shots 31 30
Faceoffs 32 31
Hits 20 16
PP 1/4 0/1
Postgame Analysis: The Washington Capitals would fall after taking the late penalty in the third period to the Florida Panthers. Washington would fall behind early and would do their best to overcome two different deficits of two goals but it would not be enough as the Capitals would fall to the Florida Panthers 5-4 in overtime.
The Washington Capitals look to rebound from this loss on Monday night when the Washington Capitals take on the Los Angeles Kings.
