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Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) - The game wasnt decided in the 20th round of a shootout, but it was still full of theatrics. Alex Ovechkin tallied a goal and an assist as the Washington Capitals avenged their marathon shootout loss to the Florida Panthers last month with a 4-3 victory on Sunday. Brooks Laich, Karl Alzner and Andre Burakovsky also scored for the Capitals, who continued their hot play after a dramatic 3-2 win over Chicago in the Winter Classic on New Years Day. Braden Holtby stopped 29-of-32 shots in his 15th consecutive start. Nick Bjugstad, who provided the winner in the NHL-record shootout on Dec. 16, made it a one-goal game with 1:59 to play, but Florida was unable to tie it. Dylan Olsen and Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Panthers, who have dropped three of their last four games. We werent good enough, but we battled back and found a way to come closer at the end, Panthers coach Gerard Gallant said. We cant wait until the end of the game to get involved physically. Roberto Luongo gave up three goals on 21 shots over the first 40 minutes, but was replaced by Al Montoya, who turned aside 4-of-5 shots fired his way during the final stanza. Luongo took a hit from Ovechkin in the first period and gutted out the second before the injury caused him to exit the game for precautionary reasons. Trailing 2-1, Laichs rising slap shot from the far edge of the left circle tied the game at 12:13 of the second and the Capitals reclaimed the lead after Alzners blast from the high slot went past a screened Luongo with 54 seconds remaining in the stanza. Ovechkin sent the puck across the top of the crease to Burakovsky, who tapped it in for a 4-2 lead 5:42 into the final period. The Panthers received 47 seconds of 5-on-3 power-play time with under nine minutes remaining, but a strong Capitals penalty kill kept Florida at bay. After Montoya went to the bench in favor of an extra attacker with over two minutes to play, Bjugstad wristed a shot from a severe angle down low off the pipe and past Holtby for a one-goal game moments later. Florida threatened with a vacant net once again, but was unable to pull even. After a scoreless 20 minutes, Ovechkin gave Washington the lead with a power- play goal 1:16 into the middle stanza. Marcus Johansson found Nicklas Backstrom below the goal line and Ovechkin moved in from the left circle behind the play to wrist Backstroms feed past an unsuspecting Luongo. The Panthers responded with two goals in a span of 1:25. Three Washington players collided in the offensive zone and the Panthers embarked on a 3-on-0 down the ice. Holtby stopped Trocheck in tight, but Willie Mitchell sent the rebound on net and Trocheck was there to slip it in for a tied game at 3:57 of the second. Florida then took advantage of Washingtons poor defensive zone coverage as Olsens wrister from the left circle deflected in off the glove of Capitals defenseman Brooks Orpik at 5:22. Game Notes The Capitals improved to 19-1-2 when scoring first ... Washington improved to 11-0-2 over its last 13 games against Florida ... The Panthers are now 0-8-2 in their last 10 road games against the Capitals, dating back to Jan. 8, 2011 ... Aaron Ekblad set Floridas franchise record for points by a rookie defenseman (22) with an assist on Bjugstads goal. Christian Wilkins Womens Jersey . Winnipeg trailed by five points in the final minute when quarterback Drew Willy completed a 13-play, 75-yard drive with Feoli-Gudinos 18-yard touchdown catch on third down to lift the Bombers to a 34-33 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night. Christian Wilkins Dolphins Jersey . Since coming to the big leagues in late May, La Stella is 6 for 7 with the bases loaded, driving in 13 runs in those at-bats. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Cameron-Wake-Jersey/ . You can catch all of the action LIVE on TSN2 at 6pm et/3pm pt. The Heat reached that mark Saturday night when they ruined the Philadelphia 76ers home opener. Custom Miami Dolphins Jerseys . 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell. Jason Taylor Womens Jersey .C. -- Theyll remember the OT from the first Syracuse-Duke game -- and the Ts that decided Round 2.The Toronto Blue Jays look to extend their late playoff push on Friday night as they begin a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox. The Blue Jays have won five games in a row -- their longest winning streak since taking six straight from July 36-31 -- and sit 4 1/2 games out of the second wild card position in the American League. Toronto will look to make up more ground in this series with the Red Sox, who the Blue Jays have beaten in 11 of the 16 meetings this season. That includes a perfect 6-0 mark in Boston. The Jays kept their surge going with a 1-0 win over Tampa Bay on Thursday, with the lone run of the game not coming until Colby Rasmus hit a pinch-hit solo homer in the top of the 10th inning. Rasmus drilled a full-count fastball from Steven Geltz well over the wall in right field and Casey Janssen then pitched around a one-out walk in the bottom of the extra frame for his 21st save. "It was great," Rasmus said. "He threw me a good one there." Drew Hutchison has been throwing some good innings as of late and takes the mound tonight for the Blue Jays. The right-hander won for the first time in four starts with a 2-0 decision over the New York Yankees on Saturday. He allowed only one hit over seven scoreless innings, striking out nine to just two walks. "It seemed like his fastball was getting on our hitters a lot quicker than they thought," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said about Hutchison. "He threw the ball really well." TThat win came one start after Hutchison was charged with just one run over six innings of a no-decision versus Tampa Bay.dddddddddddd Hutchison is 9-11 with a 4.47 earned run average this year and 2-1 lifetime versus Boston in three starts with a 4.70 ERA. However, he was drilled for six runs in only 2 2/3 innings of a home loss to the Red Sox on July 21. Boston counters with the struggling Allen Webster, who has lost back-to-back starts against Seattle and Tampa Bay while giving up 12 runs, 13 hits and five walks over a total of 8 1/3 innings. The young righty is 3-3 with a 6.69 ERA in seven starts on the year and holds a lifetime record of just 4-5 with a 7.58 ERA in 15 games (14 starts). Webster faces the Blue Jays for the first time this season and will try to help the Red Sox rebound from a disappointing 5-4 setback to the Yankees on Thursday. Boston carried a 5-4 lead into the ninth inning thanks to two homers by David Ortiz and a solo shot by Brock Holt, but closer Koji Uehara gave up a pair of solo homers in the bottom of the frame for a walk-off defeat. "Any time you give up a lead in the fashion that we did, those are tough to take," Red Sox manager John Farrell said after his club wrapped a 5-5 road trip. Farrell may have the luxury of having Dustin Pedroia back in the lineup tonight. The second baseman has not played since suffering a concussion on Aug. 30 against the Rays and is hitting .280 with seven homers and 51 RBI this season. ' ' '