Florida (25-19-3) leaped to a 1-0 lead with 6:37 left in the first period. A.J. Greer scored his 10th goal of the campaign on a snap shot from the top of the crease past Logan Thompson.
Washington(24-19-6) took the lead 2-1 in the first half of the second period. Jakob Chychrun got his 16th goal at 2:04 and 17th goal at 10:04 of the frame against Florida goalie Daniil Tarasov.
The Panthers would reclaim the lead 3-2 later in the period. Sam Bennett placed in a wrist shot from the crease area for his 17th goal this season with 8:20 left in the second. Uvis Balinskis rifled a slap shot from above the right circle with 4:44 remaining for his third goal this year and his second tally in the past two contests.
The Caps pulled their goalie for an extra attacker with 1:35 to go. Anton Lundell fired the puck into an empty net from his own blue line to give the Panthers a 4-2 advantage with 1:20 remaining in the third. The Capitals pulled their goalie again with 45 seconds left. Carter Verhaeghe snapped a shot from the top left circle for an empty-net tally with 32.9 seconds remaining and Florida led 5-2.
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