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Panthers Down Washington 5-3 - Match Report

Florida earned a 5-3 victory over Washington behind a 2-goal performance from Carter Verhaeghe on Wednesday at FLA Live Arena.

Florida was favored by -235 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Florida got goals from Carter Verhaeghe(2), Claude Giroux, Patric Hornqvist, and Sam Reinhart in the victory. Verhaeghe opened the scoring at 6:50 of the second period.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 of 33 Washington shots in the victory.

T.J. Oshie(2), and Justin Schultz scored for the Capitals, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.

Washington got a 33-stop effort from Ilya Samsonov in the loss.

On the power play, Florida went 0-for-3, while the Capitals were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.

Washington lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 38-33.