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Capitals vs. Panthers Game One Recap: Vanecek Neuters Cats

In the first ever playoff meeting between Florida and Washington the Capitals upset the Panthers 4 to 2.

Here’s Tuesday night’s Plus/Minus:

Plus: Alex Ovechkin’s one sided conversation with Sergei Bobrovsky immediately after Evgeny Kuznetsov’s goal.

Minus: Tom Wilson’s health.

Game notes:

  • Less than two minutes into the contest the Panthers were down two men and fighting off a 5 against 3 Washington advantage. Florida survived the first penalty but couldn’t survive the second.
  • With a second remaining on the second penalty Tom Wilson stuffed home a rebound to put the visitors on the scoreboard first.