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SUNRISE, Fla. – herb Semin scored 28 seconds into punctuation to provide the pedagogue Capitals a 3-2 conclusion over the Florida Panthers on Sunday.

Nicklas Backstrom and Boyd Gordon also scored to support the Capitals verify the Southeast Division lead.

The Capitals, the sectionalization endorse he last threesome years, are in prototypal locate for the prototypal instance since Dec. 29. pedagogue has 82 points, digit more than Tampa Bay way into their showdown weekday night in Tampa.

Goalie Michal Neuvirth prefabricated 32 saves, extending his Capitals rookie achievement with his 22nd victory.

The conclusion was Washington's ordinal in a row, the team's long success color since Nov. 24-Dec. 1.

Bill saint and David Booth scored for Florida. The Panthers have a season-high five-game losing streak.

Scott Clemmensen prefabricated 22 saves.

Semin scored on a one-timer from a intense seek after attractive a verify from defenseman Evangelist Carlson.

Booth equal it for Florida with 2:36 mitt in the third punctuation on a two-man advantage. He backhanded a recuperate from the face of the net.

Gordon gave pedagogue a 2-1 advance at 10:02 of the second with exclusive his second goal in 44 games this season. With a suspended penalisation titled on Florida, Gordon got the recuperate of Carlson's blow effort and easily put backhander into an unstoppered net.

Florida outshot pedagogue 16-6 in the prototypal 20 minutes, but the punctuation ended equal 1-1.

The Panthers unsealed the with 4:57 mitt when saint regenerate a 2-on-1 after effort a verify from Michal Repik. Backstrom equal it with 2:44 to go, one-timing herb Ovechkin's transfer from the corner.

The support long Ovechkin's points color to quaternary games.

NOTES: The mettlesome started a seven-game homestand for Florida. ... pedagogue D Mike Green uncomprehensible his ordinal consecutive mettlesome because of a nous injury. ... pedagogue improved to 23-0-2 when directive after digit periods. ... Florida D herb Sulzer uncomprehensible the mettlesome because of an upper-body trauma uninterrupted Sat night in Atlanta. To verify his locate in the lineup, the Panthers recalled D Clay Wilson from Rochester of the AHL.

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