The Washington Capitals host the Florida Panthers on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Capital One Arena. Game time is set for 12:30 PM ET as the clubs open their regular-season series.
Washington enters the contest with a 6-4-0 record after taking a 4-3 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres. Over their last five games, the Capitals collected three victories, defeating Buffalo, the New Jersey Devils 4-2, and the Montreal Canadiens 5-4, while taking losses to the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 and the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2.
Florida travels north with a 5-4-2 record and is winless in two straight games at 0-2-0. Prior to that stretch, the Panthers won three consecutive games by beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-3, the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in overtime, and the Seattle Kraken 8-3. They followed those results with a 5-1 loss at the Ottawa Senators and a 4-0 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Saturday marks the first meeting of the season between the two teams. Florida enters having produced one goal across its past two games, while Washington comes in following an overtime victory on home ice.
