NHL Game Preview: Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals with Line Combinations 2/4/2025

Dylan Strome skating for the Washington Capitals
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Florida Panthers (32-19-3, 67 pts) at Washington Capitals (34-11-7, 75 pts)

Venue: Capital One Arena
Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+ / SCRI / MNMT
Radio:
Florida Panthers – AM 560 Sports WQAM / 1230 WBZT / WCTH-FM 100.3
Washington Capitals – WJFK 106.7 FM / WFED 1500 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Florida Panthers +1.5 ML +155
Washington Capitals -1.5 ML -185
O/U 5.5

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Florida Panthers News & Notes:

The Panthers have won three straight games and four of their last five after a 6-3 victory against the Islanders on Sunday. Florida is first in the Atlantic Division with 67 points and is 16-10-1 on the road this season. The Panthers are 28-3-2 when they score 3+ goals in a game.

Washington Capitals News & Notes:

The Capitals are 16-4-5 at home this season and have gone 12-3-2 when they commit fewer penalties than their opponents. Washington has lost two in a row in overtime and three of their last four overall. The Capitals won the first of three meetings between these teams earlier this season with a 4-1 victory in Florida on November 25.

Florida Panthers Projected Lines:

Verhaeghe-Barkov-Reinhart
Boqvist-Bennett-Tkachuk
Luostarinen-Lundell-Rodrigues
Gadjovich-Nosek-Greer

Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Kulikov
Balinskis-Schmidt

Bobrovsky
Knight

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Washington Capitals Projected Lines:

Ovechkin-Strome-Wilson
Protas-Dubois-McMichael
Raddysh-Eller-Frank
Duhaime-Dowd-Mangiapane

Sandin-Carlson
Chychrun-van Riemsdyk
Fehervary-Roy

Thompson
Lindgren

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Players To Watch:

Florida Panthers

Carter Verhaeghe has four goals in two games in February, including a hat trick in the 6-3 victory over the Islanders on Sunday. Verhaeghe had two goals in 14 games in January, but February is already the second-best scoring month of the season since the 29-year-old center had five goals in December. Verhaeghe is fourth on the Panthers in scoring with 41 points (15g, 26a) in 54 games.

Washington Capitals

Dylan Strome leads the Capitals in scoring with 50 points (15g, 35a) in 52 games. The 27-year-old center has a three-game point streak with three goals and an assist over that span. Strome has found a home with Washington with the two best seasons of his career coming since he joined the Capitals. Strome had 65 points and 67 points in his two previous seasons and is on pace for a career-best 79 points this season.

Injury Report:

Florida Panthers

RW Mackie Samoskevich – Day To Day

Washington Capitals

LW Sonny Milano – IR
RW TJ Oshie – LTIR
C Nicklas Backstrom – LTIR

Next game:

Florida Panthers – February 6 at St. Louis Blues
Washington Capitals – February 6 at Philadelphia Flyers

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