Florida Panthers @ Washington Capitals

1-2-2, 1-0-2 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Panthers FLA	4	1	0	1	6
Capitals WSH	1	3	1	0	5

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

3-2-2, 3-1-1 Home

Huberdeau, Panthers beat Capitals for first win of season

Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal, two assists and the shootout winner as the Florida Panthers recovered after giving up a three-goal lead in the second period and beat the Washington Capitals 6-5 on Friday night for their first victory of the season.

Oct 19, 2018, 11:19 pm - Associated Press

TVA/ESPN+		1	2	3	SO	T
	Panthers	4	1	0	1	6
	Capitals	1	3	1	0	5

1st Period		FLA	WSH
10:49	Vincent Trocheck (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (2), Alexander Petrovic (1)	1	0
15:26	John Carlson (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (1), Michal Kempny (1)	1	1
15:58	Evgenii Dadonov (3) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Aleksander Barkov (2), Vincent Trocheck (4)	2	1
16:36	Colton Sceviour (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (3), Vincent Trocheck (5)	3	1
18:52	Jared McCann (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Denis Malgin (3), Keith Yandle (5)	4	1

2nd Period		FLA	WSH
1:48	Brett Connolly (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jakub Vrana (1), Christian Djoos (2)	4	2
8:38	Jakub Vrana (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (2), Brett Connolly (5)	4	3
13:15	Devante Smith-Pelly (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)	4	4
19:09	Jonathan Huberdeau (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Evgenii Dadonov (3), Mike Hoffman (2)	5	4

3rd Period			FLA	WSH
18:35		Nicklas Backstrom (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (8)	5	5

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			FLA	WSH
			0	1
			1	1
			1	2
			2	2
			3	2

PANTHERS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 1-0

Panthers
6
Capitals
5

Game 1

10/19

Panthers
5
Capitals
4

Game 2

2/9

Capitals
3
Panthers
5

Game 3

4/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Florida Panthers @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Vincent TrocheckC - FLA

Jonathan HuberdeauLW - FLA

Lars EllerC - WSH

Game Information

Huberdeau, Panthers beat Capitals for first win of season

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

FLA leads 1-0

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