Panthers vs. Capitals (Nov 7, 2026)

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Panthers FLA

9-5-2

7-3-0 in Last 10

Capitals WSH

8-6-0

5-5-0 in Last 10

Preview

Panthers

Capitals

Predictions

Notes

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Predictions

Lines as of 7:25 AM

WSH 54%

Now

46% FLA

FLA WSH

+115

-117

o6.5

+113

u6.5

-115

+1.5

-217

-1.5

+212

o6.0

Open

-120

Open

C. Verhaeghe Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -106

S. Reinhart Over 2.5 Shots on Goal -102

Forward Matchup

M. Tkachuk

FLA LW #19

J. Kyrou

WSH RW #25

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

S. Jones

FLA D #3

J. Chychrun

WSH D #6

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

A. Schmid

FLA G #40

L. Thompson

WSH G #48

Wins

.889

Save Pct

.887

2.86

Goals Against Avg

3.22

FLA

Team Stats

WSH

3.25

Goals per Game

3.5

2.94

Goals Against per Game

3.43

28.81

Shots per Game

27.57

24.19

Shots Against per Game

27.64

23.9

Power Play Pct

21.6

84.6

Penalty Kill Pct

76.1

.879

Save Pct

.876

FLA

Injuries

WSH

Jonah Gadjovich

Out (Upper-body)

Patrick Thomas

Out (Upper-body)

Brad Marchand

Out (Leg)

Rasmus Sandin

Out (Knee)

Aleksander Barkov

Out (Lower Body)

Vincent Desharnais

Out (Abdomen)

2026-27 Atlantic Division

FLAWSH

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	12	4	1	25	24
Canadiens	10	3	3	23	6
Lightning	10	3	2	22	10
Senators	10	6	1	21	2
Panthers	9	5	2	20	5
Sabres	8	5	3	19	-4
Maple Leafs	8	7	2	18	6
Red Wings	7	7	3	17	-3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	13	3	2	28	26
Devils	11	5	0	22	10
Rangers	9	7	1	19	2
Capitals	8	6	0	16	1
Islanders	7	6	2	16	-1
Blue Jackets	7	8	0	14	-7
Penguins	5	9	2	12	-7
Flyers	4	10	4	12	-22

FLA

Last 5

WSH

Wed, Nov 4

Tue, Nov 3

Mon, Nov 2

Sun, Nov 1

Fri, Oct 30

Thu, Oct 29

Tue, Oct 27

Wed, Oct 28

Sun, Oct 25

Sat, Oct 24

Game Info

November 7, 2026

ESPN+

Capital One Arena

Washington, DC

First Goal Scorer

Yes No

B. Tkachuk +1011

S. Reinhart +1011

M. Tkachuk +1150

A. Tuch +1233

C. Verhaeghe +1233

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Beauvillier 0.5 +641

A. Ekblad 0.5 +953

A. Lundell 0.5 +365 -1438

A. Ovechkin 0.5 +355 -426

A. Protas 0.5 +471 -488

Points

Line Over Under

M. Tkachuk 1.5 +233 -426

A. Ekblad 0.5 +203 -270

A. Lundell 0.5 +150 -199

A. Ovechkin 0.5 +122 -147

A. Protas 0.5 +144 -167

Assists

Line Over Under

B. Tkachuk 2.5 +133

D. Strome 2.5 +953

J. Chychrun 2.5 +1011

M. Tkachuk 2.5 +770

S. Jones 2.5 +900

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

B. Tkachuk 3.5 +141 -153

A. Ovechkin 2.5 +150 -160

A. Tuch 2.5 +133 -150

C. Verhaeghe 2.5 -106 +104

J. Chychrun 2.5 +100 -108

Team Leaders

S. Reinhart

M. Tkachuk

GWG

C. Verhaeghe

SV%

.889

A. Schmid

Season

Career vs WSH

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	16	4	18	22	0	14	1	11	0	0	1	0	33	12.1	0	1	0.0	27	2	5	15	18:43
Seth Jones S. Jones	16	3	16	19	+3	2	1	10	0	0	1	0	41	7.3	0	0	0	16	16	9	20	24:49
Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	16	8	9	17	-4	19	3	7	0	0	1	1	51	15.7	39	70	55.7	66	2	5	18	16:38
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	16	9	7	16	+3	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	52	17.3	66	145	45.5	26	4	2	12	20:03
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	16	9	6	15	+6	8	5	1	0	0	2	0	34	26.5	10	17	58.8	10	5	2	11	18:16
Lars Eller L. Eller	16	1	7	8	+6	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	17	5.9	52	125	41.6	8	11	3	17	15:50
Sandis Vilmanis S. Vilmanis	15	3	4	7	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	13.6	1	1	100.0	47	7	2	10	13:14
Sam Bennett S. Bennett	16	4	3	7	+2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	10.3	101	202	50.0	32	4	1	20	17:34
Anton Lundell A. Lundell	16	4	2	6	-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	9.3	133	255	52.2	25	8	2	13	17:41
Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	14	1	4	5	-5	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	17	15	2	16	21:02
Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	16	2	2	4	+6	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	8.7	0	0	0	18	18	7	24	19:36
Eetu Luostarinen E. Luostarinen	16	2	2	4	-1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	4	14	28.6	28	13	2	18	16:15
Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	15	1	1	2	-4	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	5.0	0	0	0	9	17	6	10	21:10
Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	16	0	2	2	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	20	10	3	13	15:07
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	16	0	1	1	-3	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	5	0.0	69	10	2	6	9:50
Uvis Balinskis U. Balinskis	8	0	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	10	3	1	9	14:50
Brad Marchand B. Marchand	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	11:23
Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	14	26	53.8	1	2	0	0	14:54
Radko Gudas R. Gudas	11	0	0	0	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	22	16	1	7	13:40
Bokondji Imama B. Imama	16	0	0	0	-5	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	1	0.0	44	7	0	5	7:35
Cole Reinhardt C. Reinhardt	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	10:03
Cole Schwindt C. Schwindt	7	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	32	51	62.7	12	1	2	2	7:51

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Akira Schmid A. Schmid	8	7	5	2	1	198	176	.889	22	2.86	0	461
	Jacob Markstrom J. Markstrom	8	8	4	2	1	165	146	.885	19	2.57	1	444

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brad Marchand B. Marchand	51	20	26	46	-1	68	5	7	2	2	2	0	128	15.6	14	32	43.8	41	22	40	40	17:36
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	37	17	15	32	-11	4	5	5	0	0	3	1	99	17.2	67	131	51.1	17	19	10	14	19:16
Aleksander Barkov A. Barkov	27	11	17	28	+10	10	3	5	1	1	1	0	69	15.9	263	506	52.0	15	14	18	9	20:37
Seth Jones S. Jones	28	6	15	21	-4	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	92	6.5	0	0	0	46	55	13	17	24:50
Dmitry Kulikov D. Kulikov	47	3	13	16	+8	24	1	3	0	0	1	0	69	4.3	0	0	0	72	69	17	31	20:25
Matthew Tkachuk M. Tkachuk	16	4	12	16	+4	13	0	5	0	0	1	0	31	12.9	2	4	50.0	21	9	9	12	17:36
Carter Verhaeghe C. Verhaeghe	16	5	9	14	+2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	38	13.2	5	9	55.6	13	6	11	10	17:09
Aaron Ekblad A. Ekblad	29	4	9	13	+3	12	1	3	0	0	1	0	76	5.3	0	0	0	35	34	16	36	23:49
Brady Tkachuk B. Tkachuk	19	3	10	13	-2	40	1	3	0	0	0	0	71	4.2	39	75	52.0	66	10	6	8	18:54
Sam Bennett S. Bennett	20	4	8	12	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	48	8.3	83	164	50.6	51	9	10	13	16:48
Gustav Forsling G. Forsling	17	2	9	11	+11	12	0	1	0	0	1	1	31	6.5	0	0	0	19	15	9	5	21:20
Anton Lundell A. Lundell	15	3	8	11	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	22	13.6	93	188	49.5	10	12	7	8	17:14
Eetu Luostarinen E. Luostarinen	15	4	5	9	+2	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	21	19.0	22	50	44.0	15	10	8	10	15:18
Lars Eller L. Eller	26	5	3	8	-1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	10.0	140	291	48.1	26	20	21	13	14:52
Radko Gudas R. Gudas	33	0	5	5	-6	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	0.0	0	0	0	105	56	10	26	18:03
Niko Mikkola N. Mikkola	15	1	2	3	-5	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	26	15	1	10	18:16
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	11	2	0	2	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	1	3	33.3	40	5	0	2	10:51
Jonah Gadjovich J. Gadjovich	7	1	1	2	+1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	1	1	100.0	18	5	1	2	7:44
Cole Schwindt C. Schwindt	4	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	8	27	29.6	6	3	0	2	8:44
Uvis Balinskis U. Balinskis	5	1	0	1	+4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	10	9	2	6	15:47
Bokondji Imama B. Imama	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	6:13
Sandis Vilmanis S. Vilmanis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0	1	10:49

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jacob Markstrom J. Markstrom	13	13	2	8	3	372	332	.892	40	3.28	0	732
	Akira Schmid A. Schmid	5	3	2	2	0	101	92	.911	9	2.31	0	234

Team Leaders

A. Tuch

D. Strome

GWG

A. Tuch

SV%

.887

L. Thompson

Season

Career vs FLA

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Dylan Strome D. Strome	14	3	11	14	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	29	10.3	112	221	50.7	2	12	0	16	17:16
Jordan Kyrou J. Kyrou	14	5	9	14	-6	2	2	4	0	0	0	23	21.7	1	3	33.3	4	6	5	17	14:25
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	14	10	2	12	+3	4	0	0	1	5	1	39	25.6	12	25	48.0	18	12	13	13	18:54
Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	14	2	9	11	-2	14	2	3	0	0	0	46	4.3	0	0	0	6	27	4	25	24:41
Ryan Leonard R. Leonard	14	5	5	10	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	37	13.5	1	1	100.0	26	6	2	7	14:02
Cole Hutson C. Hutson	14	4	5	9	+2	8	1	2	0	0	0	27	14.8	0	0	0	14	10	1	9	19:21
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	14	6	1	7	+1	4	0	0	0	1	0	30	20.0	100	183	54.6	20	13	2	13	15:53
Pierre-Luc Dubois P. Dubois	9	1	6	7	+5	8	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	55	132	41.7	9	5	1	0	16:49
Ilya Protas I. Protas	14	1	5	6	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	9.1	48	98	49.0	5	10	2	8	11:33
Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	14	1	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	17	5.9	7	11	63.6	8	9	4	10	16:18
Tom Wilson T. Wilson	14	2	3	5	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	29	6.9	0	3	0.0	42	13	3	15	18:29
Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	14	0	4	4	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	28	35	2	13	21:34
Jack St. Ivany J. St. Ivany	4	0	4	4	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	0	5	14:28
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	14	1	3	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	4.3	0	1	0.0	17	3	1	7	13:47
Anthony Beauvillier A. Beauvillier	14	1	3	4	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	6	15	40.0	27	3	1	4	11:17
Justin Sourdif J. Sourdif	12	3	1	4	+2	8	0	0	0	0	0	13	23.1	36	71	50.7	24	5	1	11	13:37
Vincent Desharnais V. Desharnais	9	0	3	3	+9	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	22	14	1	13	19:25
Matt Roy M. Roy	8	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	24	12	3	10	20:32
Timothy Liljegren T. Liljegren	14	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	12	30	1	13	16:50
Ivan Miroshnichenko I. Miroshnichenko	3	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	4	11:03
Ethen Frank E. Frank	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9:43

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Logan Thompson L. Thompson	10	10	5	4	0	265	235	.887	30	3.22	0	558
	Charlie Lindgren C. Lindgren	5	4	3	2	0	118	104	.881	14	3.08	0	273

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	77	45	47	92	+6	26	12	19	0	0	9	0	370	12.2	7	12	58.3	163	28	34	64	21:07
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	37	13	8	21	-6	10	3	1	0	0	3	0	98	13.3	237	462	51.3	70	38	19	22	18:15
Tom Wilson T. Wilson	30	10	9	19	0	46	2	2	2	0	2	1	62	16.1	6	18	33.3	90	17	12	16	16:05
Pierre-Luc Dubois P. Dubois	17	3	12	15	+13	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	39	7.7	130	272	47.8	14	9	10	6	17:15
Dylan Strome D. Strome	23	6	8	14	-14	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	51	11.8	201	345	58.3	8	9	10	11	17:34
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	23	6	8	14	-2	13	2	2	0	0	1	0	57	10.5	13	32	40.6	19	23	21	16	18:40
Jakob Chychrun J. Chychrun	20	4	7	11	-8	16	2	2	0	0	1	0	41	9.8	0	0	0	28	40	8	20	21:58
Jordan Kyrou J. Kyrou	9	5	6	11	-1	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	24	20.8	0	1	0.0	0	4	7	5	18:09
Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	13	1	10	11	+1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	16	6.3	4	18	22.2	5	6	6	8	15:23
Matt Roy M. Roy	15	1	6	7	+6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	28	26	2	10	19:28
Rasmus Sandin R. Sandin	12	1	5	6	+2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	27	3.7	0	0	0	12	23	2	7	19:07
Anthony Beauvillier A. Beauvillier	23	3	2	5	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	7.1	2	10	20.0	22	11	8	15	14:41
Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	14	0	5	5	-8	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	40	32	3	6	19:38
Timothy Liljegren T. Liljegren	14	0	3	3	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	19	16	1	12	16:10
Vincent Desharnais V. Desharnais	5	1	1	2	+5	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	11	5	0	2	13:55
Justin Sourdif J. Sourdif	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	10	20	50.0	6	1	1	0	15:00
Ivan Miroshnichenko I. Miroshnichenko	2	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	10:51
Ethen Frank E. Frank	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	5	1	0	1	11:11
Ryan Leonard R. Leonard	3	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	3	2	1	4	16:19

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Logan Thompson L. Thompson	8	8	4	4	0	246	220	.894	26	3.28	0	476
	Charlie Lindgren C. Lindgren	6	5	2	3	1	163	148	.908	15	2.93	0	307

Panthers visit the Capitals after Vilmanis' 2-goal game

The Associated Press

Nov 6, 2026

Florida Panthers (9-5-2, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Washington Capitals (8-6, in the Metropolitan Division)

Washington; Saturday, 12:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Florida Panthers visit the Washington Capitals after Sandis Vilmanis' two-goal game against the Chicago Blackhawks in the Panthers' 5-3 win.

Washington is 6-4-0 at home and 8-6 overall. The Capitals have an 8-2-0 record when scoring at least three goals.

Florida has a 9-5-2 record overall and a 5-3-2 record on the road. The Panthers are 5-2-1 in games they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponents.

Saturday's game is the first time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dylan Strome has scored three goals with 11 assists for the Capitals. Jordan Kyrou has five goals and eight assists over the last 10 games.

Seth Jones has three goals and 16 assists for the Panthers. Matthew Tkachuk has one goal and 16 assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Capitals: 5-5-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.8 penalties and 8.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.6 goals per game.

Panthers: 7-3-0, averaging four goals, 6.8 assists, five penalties and 11.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.

INJURIES: Capitals: Rasmus Sandin: out (knee), Patrick Thomas: out (upper-body), Vincent Desharnais: out (abdomen).

Panthers: Jonah Gadjovich: out (upper-body), Brad Marchand: out (leg), Aleksander Barkov: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Panthers FLA

Capitals WSH

Predictions

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Atlantic Division

Last 5

Game Info

First Goal Scorer

Goals

Points

Assists

Shots on Goal

Panthers visit the Capitals after Vilmanis' 2-goal game

Players Mentioned

Aleksander Barkov

Seth Jones

Brad Marchand

Vincent Desharnais

Jordan Kyrou

Dylan Strome

Matthew Tkachuk

Jonah Gadjovich

Rasmus Sandin