In the first period, Washington(22-20-7) converted on the power play with 3:22 remaining. Connor McMichael fed the puck out from the slot area. Rasmus Sandin angled a pass from the top of the zone and Alex Ovechkin blasted a one-time slap shot from the left circle by Sergei Bobrovsky for just his 11th goal this season. It was Ovechkin's 833rd career goal in the National Hockey League. It is 61 goals behind Wayne Gretzky for the NHL all-time record.
Florida(32-15-4) tied it 1-1 at the 4:29 mark of the second period. Gustav Forsling released a shot from the left point and it went off the right skate of Matthew Tkachuk at the top of the crease past Darcy Kuemper for his 17th goal of the season.
The Capitals reclaimed the lead 2-1 with 5:57 to go in the second. Aliaksei Protas made a square pass from the left point. Former Panther Michael Sgarbossa sent the puck ahead from the top left circle and Anthony Mantha tipped in a backhand shot from the crease area for his 16th goal of the campaign.
It became 2-2 with 2:28 left in the frame as the Panthers scored a power-play goal. Carter Verhaeghe whipped a pass from the left corner to Tkachuk on the left point. His shot was deflected in by Sam Reinhart from the top of crease for his 38th goal of the season. It was the 21st power-play goal of the campaign for Reinhart.
The Cats took a 3-2 lead with 5:32 left in the third period. Dmitry Kulikov passed from the left goal line and Ryan Lomberg got his third goal of the season on a snap shot from the high slot.
The Panthers capped the victory 4-2 with an empty-net goal by Eetu Luostarinen from the high slot with 53.1 seconds remaining in the contest. Tkachuk was credited with the only assist on the play for his third point of the game.
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