How to Watch Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals: Stream NHL Live, TV Channel

Defending Cup champion Panthers skate into D.C. to take on the East leading Capitals as Ovechkin zeroes in on the all-time scoring record.

Division leaders face off on Saturday afternoon as the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers look to avoid a season sweep at the hands of the Washington Capitals, who own the best record in the NHL, with Alexander Ovechkin now within seven goals of passing Wayne Gretzky for the all-time goal-scoring mark. The Capitals have won eight of their last nine games and are the only team in the Eastern Conference to have already clinched a playoff spot so far while the Panthers, who have lost three of their last five games, are in a dead heat with Toronto for the top spot in the Atlantic Division.

How to Watch Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals today:

Game Date: Mar. 22, 2025

Game Time: 5:00 p.m. ET

TV Channel: WFTX-TV (WFTX-Ft. Myers, FL)

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Despite missing over a month with a broken bone in his leg, Washington winger Alex Ovechkin leads the team in goals this season and comes into this game sitting on 888 career goals. The 20-year veteran has scored 30 or more goals 19 times in his career and if he is to catch Gretzky this season, Ovechkin would have is 14^th career 40-goal campaign. The number one overall pick in the 2004 NHL Draft, Ovi has 45 career goals in 73 games against the Panthers including an empty net goal in Washington’s 6-3 win over Florida back in early February.

The Panthers rank ninth in the NHL on the power play converting on 24.4% of chances with the man advantage led by center Sam Reinhart and winger Matthew Tkachuk who have combined for 21 power play goals this season.

Florida has won five of the last six meetings against the Capitals in D.C. since May of 2022 when the Panthers eliminated Washington in six games during their playoff matchup.

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