The 8th seeded Washington Capitals went into Sunrise, Florida and beat the President's Trophy winning Panthers 4-2 in Game 1 of the first round series. Florida only lost 7 games at home all year but couldn't muster up enough offense against the Caps. Tom Wilson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, TJ Oshie and Lars Eller all scored for Washington and after a shaky start, Vitek Vanacek played solid between the pipes to lead the Caps to victory in Game 1 of this 7 game series. Follow us on Twitter: @RefTheDistrict @TrevHTTC @theNathanParry @stonedawg23 Email us: RefTheDistrict@gmail.com Instagram: RefTheDistrict_podcast Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/refthedistrict Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/ReftheDistrict/ And find us wherever you listen to your podcasts...Google, Apple, Spotify, Amazon by searching for Ref The District #WashingtonCapitals #FloridaPanthers #NHLPlayoffs