NHL: FLORIDA (8-13) at WASHINGTON (6-13) <h3>Ovechkin, Capitals aim to end three-game slide</h3> <div class="pre">Florida (8-12-1) at Washington (6-12-1) 7:00 pm EST</div> WASHINGTON (Ticker) - Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitalswill look to snap their three-game losing streak when theFlorida Panthers come calling on Monday. Ovechkin scored his 13th goal of the season and Brent Johnsonhad 19 saves but Washington still fell 5-2 to the Tampa BayLighting on Friday night. The Capitals could receive a boost from Alexander Semin, whomight return to the ice after being sidelined since last Octoberdue to a nagging right ankle injury. He scored 38 goals lastcampaign. Florida, which is just 2-8-1 away from home this season, isseeking its second win in just seven games. Goaltender Tomas Vokoun gave up two goals to Rod Brind'Amour asthe Panthers suffered a 2-1 setback to the Carolina Hurricanesin their last outing on Saturday. But Vokoun was solid in his career against the Capitals, postinga 3-3 record with a 1.68 goals-against average. Panthers rookie defenseman Cory Murphy could miss his third straightgame with a bruised shoulder. He has 10 assists - third on theteam.
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NHL AT WASHINGTON STARTING GOALIES: FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN WAS - OLAF KOLZIG OFFICIALS: REF - STEVE KOZARI, TOM KOWAL LIN - DAN SCHACHTE, PIERRE CHAMPOUX</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">FLORIDA VS WASHINGTON - SCRATCHES FLORIDA WASHINGTON G MURRAY HEALTHY M BRADLEY HEALTHY T GLASS HEALTHY M JURCINA HEALTHY C MURPHY SHOULDER S EMINGER HEALTHY</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1 WASHINGTON 0 1ST PRD: FLA - DAVID BOOTH 5 (RUSLAN SALEI, STEPHEN WEISS) 3:33</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 1 WASHINGTON 1 1ST PRD: WAS - (SH) BROOKS LAICH 4 (UNASSISTED) 5:02</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 2 WASHINGTON 1 1ST PRD: FLA - KAMIL KREPS 3 (VILLE PELTONEN, RADEK DVORAK) 19:09</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- FLORIDA 2 2 WASHINGTON 1 1 END OF THE 1ST GOAL SCORING: 1ST PRD: FLA - DAVID BOOTH 5 (RUSLAN SALEI, STEPHEN WEISS) 3:33 WAS - (SH) BROOKS LAICH 4 (UNASSISTED) 5:02 FLA - KAMIL KREPS 3 (VILLE PELTONEN, RADEK DVORAK) 19:09 SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- FLA 8 8 WAS 10 10 GOALIES: FLA - TOMAS VOKOUN WAS - OLAF KOLZIG</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">------------------------ Florida 2 --2 Washington 1 --1 ------------------------ FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Florida, David Booth 5 (Ruslan Salei, Stephen Weiss), 3:33. 2, Washington, Brooks Laich 4 (shorthanded) (Unassisted), 5:02. 3, Florida, Kamil Kreps 3 (Ville Peltonen, Radek Dvorak), 19:09. Penalties: M Green, Was (hooking), 4:17; B Allen, Fla (holding), 7:02; J Bouwmeester, Fla (hooking), 8:11; C Clark, Was (tripping), 12:39. Shots on goal: ----------------------------- Florida 8 --8 Washington 10 --10 ----------------------------- Goalies : Florida, Tomas Vokoun (10 shots, 9 saves). Washington, Olaf Kolzig (8 shots, 6 saves). Referees: Steve Kozari, Tom Kowal. Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Pierre Champoux.</div>
NHL: FLORIDA at WASHINGTON <div class="pre">NHL FLORIDA 3 WASHINGTON 1 2ND PRD: FLA - OLLI JOKINEN 10 (RICHARD ZEDNIK) 13:45</div>
