The Washington Capitals admittedly weren't Brandon Scherff Jerseytheir best on Saturday night, but Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin made sure they left Florida with another back-to-back win.

Kuznetsov scored in overtime, Ovechkin had two assists and the Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Saturday night.

Kuznetsov skated http://www.... puck along the top of the zone, faked a pass to Ovechkin and then charged the net from the left side. He went untouched to below the left circle and beat Al Montoya stick side.

''I just tried to hold the puck. I like the shootout, too, but this is something new, and we accept the challenge,'' said Kuznetsov, who helped the Capitals improve to 4-0-0 in the second of games on consecutive nights.

''It could have gone either way,'' Montoya said of the overtime. ''I like it better than the shootout, I guess, even though we were on the losing end of it.''

The Capitals beat Columbus 2-1 on Friday night, while Florida lost[url=http://www.redskinsshopnfl.com/Authentic-Brandon-Scherff-Jersey]http://... 3-1 to Boston.

Jay Beagle, who scored Washington's first goal in the third period to tie it, said he and his teammates didn't put forth their best effort.

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''Both teams had played, so there's no excuse. You just have to empty the tanks on the back-to-backs.''

The Capitals have won two in a row and seven of their past eight.

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Grubauer made 26 saves. Montoya had 25 for Florida.

The Capitals went to the power play after defenseman Erik Gudbranson held Ovechkin 42 seconds into the second period. As the power play was ending, defenseman Petrovic blocked a hard slap shot from the point, and it was gathered by Bolland, who lofted a short pass to Jokinen.

Jokinen chipped the puck on the second bounce and popped it over Grubauer for his third goal to give Florida a 1-0 lead at 2:47.