Comfortable night for Washington Capitals against Florida Panthers

That brings us to the end of a first period — Florida Panthers 0, Washington Capitals 3. Washington Capitals edged the shot clock 5-0, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Yanni Gourde opened the scoring for Washington Capitals at 1:03, Tom Wilson extended the lead for Washington Capitals at 15:06, and Tomas Hertl extended the lead for Washington Capitals at 19:00.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 0-for-2.

Washington Capitals owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Florida Panthers 2, Washington Capitals 1. Florida Panthers edged the shot clock 15-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tomas Hertl extended the lead for Washington Capitals at 0:10, Carter Verhaeghe cut the deficit for Florida Panthers at 4:11, and Jason Zucker cut the deficit for Florida Panthers at 13:18.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 13 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Florida Panthers went 0-for-1.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Florida Panthers 0, Washington Capitals 3. Washington Capitals edged the shot clock 8-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Travis Sanheim extended the lead for Washington Capitals on the power play at 4:26, Oskar Sundqvist extended the lead for Washington Capitals at 5:01, and Auston Matthews extended the lead for Washington Capitals at 7:10.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 6 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Florida Panthers went 0-for-1 while Washington Capitals went 1-for-1.

Florida Panthers owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.