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Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals — Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Game Analysis

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Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena. Final.

Game Analysis
WSH6VSFLA3

Capital One Arena

  • USMNMT, SCRIPPS

WSH

  • Andrew Mangiapane (11)1st 14:08 · Snap ShotAssists: Rasmus Sandin (15), Nic Dowd (9)
  • SHTom Wilson (22)2nd 1:15 · Snap ShotAssists: Aliaksei Protas (23)
  • Lars Eller (9)3rd 2:19 · Wrist ShotAssists: John Carlson (29)
  • Nic Dowd (11)3rd 6:10 · Snap ShotAssists: Andrew Mangiapane (8), Dylan Strome (36)
  • ENAliaksei Protas (22)3rd 18:21 · Wrist ShotAssists: none
  • ENAlex Ovechkin (25)3rd 19:59 · Wrist ShotAssists: Martin Fehervary (11), Nic Dowd (10)

FLA

  • Sam Bennett (17)1st 19:30 · BackhandAssists: Jesper Boqvist (9)
  • Aleksander Barkov (13)2nd 4:14 · BackhandAssists: Carter Verhaeghe (27), Sam Reinhart (29)
  • Matthew Tkachuk (19)3rd 7:46 · Snap ShotAssists: Nate Schmidt (8), Sam Bennett (16)

Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals Game Summary — Tuesday, February 4, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Washington Capitals won 6–3 at Capital One Arena.

A brief summary of the verified result. Source: ESPN game record. Detailed reporting is shown when available.

Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals Game Analysis — Tuesday, February 4, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Washington Capitals won despite being outshot 33–26. Florida Panthers generated more shots on target, but the volume advantage did not translate into a better result. Washington Capitals scored on 23.1% of its shots, compared with 9.1% for Florida Panthers. Those are team scoring rates, not goalie save percentages; empty-net goals can affect them. The totals establish a difference in conversion, but cannot separate finishing, chance quality and goaltending.

Florida Panthers converted 0 of 1 power plays (0.0%); Washington Capitals converted 0 of 3 power plays (0.0%). Neither team added a power-play goal, so neither gained a scoring edge from converting its man advantages.

Hockey in 60’s interpretation of verified game statistics, highlighting meaningful differences and what they suggest about the result. Comparisons describe this game, not season averages. Source: ESPN game statistics.

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Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals Game Statistics — Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Reported team totals. — means unavailable.
StatisticFlorida PanthersWashington Capitals
Shots on goal3326
Power-play goals00
Power-play opportunities13
Power-play conversion (%)0.00.0
Faceoffs won (%)52.847.2
Hits4617
Blocked shots1419
Takeaways21
Giveaways119
Penalty minutes84

Source: ESPN game statistics.

Scoring and goaltending

Washington Capitals won 6–3 at Capital One Arena.

Who scored

Goalies

  • Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 20 of 24 for Florida Panthers.
  • Logan Thompson stopped 30 of 33 for Washington Capitals.

Lars Eller Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: John Carlson (29) That made the score 2–3 in the 3rd, and Washington Capitals stayed ahead.

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