Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers, East 1st Round Game 2

NHL

Capitals

44-26-12, 100 PTS

1-5

Final

Panthers

58-18-6, 122 PTS

Amerant Bank Arena

TV: Sportsnet

On the ice

WSH shoots leftFLA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	11	13	3	27
FLA	7	12	17	36

In net

Vitek Vanecek14/19 SV, .737

Sergei Bobrovsky26/27 SV, .963

Team	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1
FLA	2	3	0	5

Who won: Panthers 5-1

The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 in East 1st Round Game 2 on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers win the series 2-1. The Panthers outscored the Capitals 2-0 in the 1st period. Aleksander Barkov led the Panthers in goals (1). Nicklas Backstrom led the Capitals in goals (1).

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What it means

Panthers won the series 2-1.

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Injuries and inactives

Capitals6th in Eastern Conference

Justin Sourdif RW
Illness
Out
Matt Roy D
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Patrick Thomas C
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW
Illness
Injured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin D
Knee, Surgery, right
Injured Reserve

Panthers2nd in Eastern Conference

Aleksander Barkov C
Lower Body, left
Injured Reserve
Radko Gudas D
Undisclosed
Out
Brad Marchand LW
Leg, left
Injured Reserve
Jonah Gadjovich LW
Upper Body, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Capitals6th in Eastern Conference

Vitek Vanecek G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Panthers2nd in Eastern Conference

Sergei Bobrovsky G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

FLA wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Panthers 5, Capitals 4 (Nov 30)

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Game info

Venue: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL · Attendance 19,636
Officials: Kevin Pollock (Referee), TJ Luxmore (Referee), Scott Cherrey (Linesman), Libor Suchanek (Linesman)