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Capitals prevail over Panthers, end losing streak

On the other side it was the Panthers third straight loss. The Washington Capitals were coming off a regulation loss and a shootout loss where they scored just one goal in regulation.

It took the Capitals 17:57 to get on the board with a shake n bake goal from Alex Ovechkin for his 16th of the season. Evgeny Kuznetsov had the assist.

The Caps were outshot 12-7 but had the 1-0 lead at the end of the first period. The Panthers tied it at 11:17 from none other than Brett Connolly on a breakaway for his 12th of the season.