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Florida Falls 4-2 to Capitals - Recap

Washington skated to a 4-2 victory over Florida on Tuesday in NHL action at FLA Live Arena.

Washington was an underdog by +214 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Lars Eller, Tom Wilson, T.J. Oshie, and Evgeny Kuznetsov each scored for the Capitals in the victory. Wilson opened the scoring for Washington.

Vitek Vanecek turned in a 30-save effort for the Capitals.

Claude Giroux, and Sam Bennett scored for the Panthers, finding the net behind Vitek Vanecek.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 34 of 37 shots for the Panthers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Washington scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Florida went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Washington outshot Florida 38-32 in the game.