Alex Ovechkin inches closer to history as Caps double up Panthers

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Lars Eller and Nic Dowd each scored a goal early in the third period and captain Alex Ovechkin added career goal No. 878, lifting the host Washington Capitals to a 6-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

Ovechkin scored for the third time in as many games by putting the puck into an empty net with one second remaining in the third period. The three-time Hart Memori