{"id":377346,"date":"2025-12-30T06:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/377346\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T06:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T06:29:08","slug":"live-updates-washington-capitals-vs-florida-panthers-at-amerant-bank-arena-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/377346\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Capitals, winners of their last one, are in Sunshine, FL for some hockey and \u201cvitamin D\u201d according to Trevor van Riemsdyk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spencer Carbery has somewhat changed up the lines ahead of the matchup, though, it\u2019s unclear if this will jolt the Capitals with offense. Aliaksei Protas is skating with Alex Ovechkin and Justin Sourdif while Dylan Strome hit the ice with Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael.<\/p>\n

In net will be two titans of the twine: Logan Thompson and Sergei Bobrovsky. Should be a good one.<\/p>\n

Puck drop for today\u2019s game is scheduled for a little after 7 pm. Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin will have the call on Monumental Sports Network.<\/p>\n

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\nWashington Capitals<\/p>\n

Florida Panthers<\/p>\n

Luostarinen<\/p>\n

Lundell<\/p>\n

Reinhart<\/p>\n

Verhaeghe<\/p>\n

Bennett<\/p>\n

Marchand<\/p>\n

Samoskevich<\/p>\n

Rodrigues<\/p>\n

Greer<\/p>\n

Tunnel shenanigans<\/p>\n

1st Period<\/p>\n

Puck is dropped. Duhaime-Sourdif-Wilson and Chychrun-Roy get the start. Sourdif gets the go against his former team while Duhaime and Chychrun grew up as friends in Florida. Really nice touch by Spencer Carbery.<\/p>\n

Martin Fehervary joins the play and ends up with a semi-breakaway after some poor coverage by the Panthers. He sends a shot off Sergei Bobrovsky\u2019s pads that go right to Tom Wilson, who shoots it into the yawning net.<\/p>\n

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1-0 Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Goal: Tom Wilson (18). Assists: M. Feh\u00e9rv\u00e1ry (9), D. Strome (22). Time: 3:53<\/p>\n

Uh oh. Capitals lose a puck battle in the corner and neither player goes with their man to the net. Panthers\u2019 Anton Lundell ties it 42 seconds later with a layup, 1-1.<\/p>\n

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1-1 tie<\/p>\n

Goal: Anton Lundell (13). Assists: J. Petry (8). Time: 4:35<\/p>\n

Anthony Beauvillier to the box for holding Evan Rodrigues at 8:33. Panthers have their first power play.<\/p>\n

Wilson stopped by Bobrovsky shorthanded on a semi-breakaway down the left wing.<\/p>\n

van Riemsdyk smarting after a shot block on the PK.<\/p>\n

Caps kill the penalty.<\/p>\n

Panthers go back to the power play after Ethen Frank is questionably called for slashing Niko Mikkola at 11:44.<\/p>\n

Connor McMichael foiled on a 2-on-1 attempt shorthanded.<\/p>\n

Oh no. What a shot by Reinhart under the bar. In and out in a hurry.<\/p>\n

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2-1 Florida Panthers<\/p>\n

PPG: Sam Reinhart (20). Assists: S. Jones (16), B. Marchand (22). Time: 12:45<\/p>\n

Capitals are playing wide open with the Panthers and I\u2019m not sure they have the firepower to do so.<\/p>\n

A.J. Greer with a slash on Matt Roy at 16:54. That also doesn\u2019t appear to be a penalty but whatever, Caps go to their first power play of the evening.<\/p>\n

Seth Jones takes a double minor for high-sticking Justin Sourdif at 18:04. Caps will have a 5v3 for 50 seconds.<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky gets his pad out to stop Strome wide open at the far post. Panthers kill the 5v3. <\/p>\n

I swear, the Capitals look like they just scored, but the referee is waiving it off. Bobrovsky literally stopped playing.<\/p>\n

Caps rewind and\u2026 Tom Wilson scores in the bumper spot. Nice pass by Dylan Strome.<\/p>\n

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2-2 tie<\/p>\n

PPG: Tom Wilson (19). Assists: D. Strome (23), J. Chychrun (15). Time: 19:17<\/p>\n

Evan Rodrigues has a shorthanded breakaway, but as the clock hits zero, his slap shot attempt breaks his stick in half.<\/p>\n

At intermission: The game is tied 2-2. Shots are tied 10 to 10.<\/p>\n

2nd Period<\/p>\n

Puck is dropped.<\/p>\n

Panthers kill the rest of Jones\u2019 high-sticking penalty, we\u2019re back at 5v5.<\/p>\n

Bennett with a really sneaky backhand but Thompson makes the save.<\/p>\n

Gustav Forsling trips Tom Wilson at 4:20. Tom going for the hat trick here.<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard to the box for tripping Brad Marchand at 11:48.<\/p>\n

Brilliant save by Bobrovsky on Tom Wilson during a two-on-one shorthanded break. Oh man that would have been epic. Tom is flying out there.<\/p>\n

Nic Dowd to the box for tripping Evan Rodrigues at 13:5<\/p>\n

Nic Dowd might have made a game-saving stick check there on that Evan Rodrigues breakaway. Great hustle to get back after serving his penalty.<\/p>\n

Minus the penalties, excellent second period by the Capitals. They tightened things up and outshot Florida 11 to 8.<\/p>\n

At intermission: The game remains tied 2-2. Shots are 21 to 18 Caps.<\/p>\n

3rd Period<\/p>\n

Puck is dropped.<\/p>\n

Aliaksei Protas draws a penalty with a great drive to the net, but Dylan Strome says \u2013 we don\u2019t need that power play \u2013 no thanks.<\/p>\n

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3-2 Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

Goal: Dylan Strome (8). Assists: T. Wilson (18), A. Protas (14). Time: 3:11<\/p>\n

Alex Ovechkin whistled for interference on Aaron Ekblad. Carbery and Ovechkin are both making \u201cdive\u201d gestures with their hands.<\/p>\n

Just flagging this one for you @NHLPlayerSafety<\/a>: Aaron Ekblad diving on the Alex Ovechkin interference call 4:15 into the third period of the Capitals-Panthers game.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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3-3 tie<\/p>\n

PPG: Brad Marchand (22). Assists: S. Bennett (15), S. Jones (17). Time: 6:16<\/p>\n

Now Ovechkin dives to draw a penalty on Forsling. lmao. THESE REFS HAVE MAILED IT IN TONIGHT.<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard hauls down Seth Jones at 7:19, negating the rest of the Capitals\u2019 power play. Both teams will play 4v4.<\/p>\n

Turnover by Sandin. Reinhart HITS THE POST IN FRONT. My anxiety is rising.<\/p>\n

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4-3 Florida Panthers<\/p>\n

Goal: Aaron Ekblad (2). Assists: S. Reinhart (21), A. Lundell (17). Time: 13:12<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun actually tripped at the blue line, but the officals have now swallowed their whistles<\/p>\n

TVR has his stick slashed out of his hands. Delayed penalty call coming here against Florida.<\/p>\n

Eetu Luostarinen to the box for slashing at 17:12. Huge power play here for the Capitals.<\/p>\n

Logan Thompson going to the bench for 1:22 remaining. Caps have a 6v4 now.<\/p>\n

Sam Reinhart with an insane backhand empty-net goal from the defensive zone. 5-3 Panthers now with 34 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

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5-3 Florida Panthers<\/p>\n

ENG: Sam Reinhart (21). Unassisted. Time: 19:17<\/p>\n

Dang.<\/p>\n

Caps lose 5-3. They\u2019re yelling at the officials as they go down the tunnel. <\/p>\n

Panthers beat Caps 5-3 in game devised by satan to make us go insane<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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