nhl Game Recap
Florida Ices Washington 6-3 - Recap
The Panthers beat Washington 6-3 on Thursday, earning a victory backstopped by Sergei Bobrovsky's 29 saves.
Florida was favored by -114 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Florida got goals from Sam Reinhart, Gustav Forsling, Aleksander Barkov, Colin White, Anton Lundell, and Marc Staal in the victory. Forsling opened the scoring at 9:10 of the first period.
Sergei Bobrovsky turned in a 29-save effort for the Panthers.
Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Dylan Strome scored for the Capitals, finding the net behind Sergei Bobrovsky.
Washington got a 30-stop effort from Darcy Kuemper in the loss.
Florida scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Washington went 2-for-5 with the man advantage.
Washington lost the shots on goal battle to Florida by a margin of 36-32.
Next game, Florida takes its act on the road to face Nashville looking for another win. For Washington, they head on the road to face Carolina.