Incredible performance by Sam Reinhart for the Florida Panthers

After Monday's 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals, Reinhart's season line got even prettier: he's sitting on 21 goals and 21 assists for 42 points, with another signature «right place, right time» night in Sunrise.

Against Washington, he delivered exactly what the Panthers needed from their heartbeat winger: two goals and an assist, including the finishing touch on Florida's late push and a key setup on Aaron Ekblad's go-ahead blast. It wasn't just production, it was timing.

He also gave credit to Sergei Bobrovsky for his steadiness in net, giving Florida the confidence to push late in games.

This season has already come with milestone stamps. He played his 800th NHL game earlier this month, and he also hit his 300th career goal back in early November, the kind of quiet career marker that reminds you how long he's been doing this at a top-line level.

His impact isn't limited to the highlight reel either. Reinhart has been a true special-teams multiplier, including a recent game where he scored both shorthanded and on the power play, setting a new Panthers franchise record for doing that multiple times in a career.

The Washington win was the full Reinhart package: trusted in the hard minutes, dangerous on the man advantage, and composed when the game tightened late. When Florida scored three times in the final 13 minutes, it felt less like a fluke and more like a developing habit for a team that's starting to close like a contender again.

Off the ice, that steadiness matters too. Teammates don't have to guess what they're getting from him on a given night, and in a season that's asked Florida to survive injuries and chaos, Reinhart's consistency has been its own kind of leadership.