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First Round · Game 1

Capitals at Panthers

🗓 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 FLA leads 4–2

Capitals, First Round Game 1, beat Panthers 4–2 at Amerant Bank Arena on May 3, 2022.

WSH – FLA
38–32
Shots on goal
1/3–0/2
Power play
43–56
Hits
12–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs FLA · FLA leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
4–2
Final · WSH
Game 2
1–5
Final · FLA
Game 3
1–6
Final · WSH
Game 4
3–2
OT · FLA
Game 5
3–5
Final · FLA
Game 6
4–3
OT · FLA

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Lars Eller
1 G
5 shots · 18:12 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G
4 shots · 17:57 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Vitek Vanecek
30 saves
0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Tom Wilson PP Go-ahead 1st · 03:47
Assists: Anthony Mantha, Justin Schultz · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
1–0
🐆 Sam Bennett Tying 1st · 17:55
Assists: Radko Gudas, Carter Verhaeghe · beat Vitek Vanecek
1–1
2nd period
🐆 Claude Giroux Go-ahead 2nd · 00:43
Assists: Brandon Montour · beat Vitek Vanecek
1–2
3rd period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Tying 3rd · 08:14
Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
2–2
🦅 T.J. Oshie Go-ahead 3rd · 10:37
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Dmitry Orlov · beat Sergei Bobrovsky
3–2
🦅 Lars Eller Empty net 3rd · 19:11
Unassisted
4–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Backstrom · Oshie · Mantha 19:11
L2 Sheary · Eller · Kuznetsov 18:12
L3 Ovechkin · Johansson · Hathaway 13:46
L4 Larsson · Dowd · Wilson 8:36
D1 Carlson · Orlov 24:34
D2 Jensen · Fehervary 19:48
D3 Schultz · van Riemsdyk 13:42
🐆Panthers
L1 Huberdeau · Barkov · Reinhart 20:12
L2 Marchment · Bennett · Giroux 15:28
L3 Duclair · Verhaeghe · Lundell 13:59
L4 Lomberg · Luostarinen · Hornqvist 9:41
D1 Ekblad · Weegar 22:52
D2 Forsling · Montour 19:08
D3 Gudas · Chiarot 15:40

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH FLA🐆
38 Shots on goal 32
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
43 Hits 56
12 Blocked shots 11
9 Takeaways 14
6 Giveaways 13
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 10.5% (4/38) FLA shooting 6.2% (2/32)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek
30/32
.938 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐆Panthers
Sergei Bobrovsky
34/37
.919 SV% · 3 GA · 58:54 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Tom Wilson · 1st 03:47 · 1–0 Sam Bennett · 1st 17:55 · 1–1 Claude Giroux · 2nd 00:43 · 1–2 Evgeny Kuznetsov · 3rd 08:14 · 2–2 T.J. Oshie · 3rd 10:37 · 3–2 Lars Eller · 3rd 19:11 · 4–2
WSH FLA
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 12-9-6 (44% win rate, 27 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 15-9-2 (58% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-5-4 (31% win rate, 13 games)
Panthers
Panthers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 15-0-1 (94% win rate, 16 games)

Last meetings

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Nov 302021 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 4–5 Nov 262021 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Nov 42021 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 4–5 OT Nov 272019 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Nov 72019 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 5–4 OT
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WSH vs FLA, answered

Who won Capitals vs Panthers on May 3, 2022?

Capitals won 4–2. The final score was Capitals 4, Panthers 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Lars Eller, T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson.

Who scored for Panthers?

Claude Giroux, Sam Bennett.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves on 37 shots (.919 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 29 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 2–3 AfterMay 5 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 1–5
🐆 Panthers
BeforeApr 29 🐆FLA @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–10 AfterMay 5 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 1–5
Also on May 3
🐧PIT 4–3 🗽NYR 🐯NSH 2–7 🏔️COL ⭐DAL 0–1 🔥CGY
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