from George Richards of the Miami Herald,

The Florida Panthers haven’t been in the national spotlight much in the past two decades.

They put on quite the show Tuesday.

Florida came out of the All-Star break much like they went into it, scoring a bunch of goals and getting great goaltending — this time from Al Montoya — in a 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.

“We’re playing the best teams in the league and we’re winning,” Sasha Barkov said. “It says we can beat any team in the league, we can dominate any team.”

The win was Florida’s first in Washington since Tomas Vokoun pitched a shutout here in 2010 — a run of 10 consecutive losses (by a combined 36-13) in Washington.

“We know we’re a good team and we believe in ourselves,” said Jonathan Huberdeau, who scored twice and had an assist in the rout. “We’re showing that on the ice. We got the lead early and our goaltender did the job. It’s a team effort. We’re in first right now. … Every game we want to show we’re a really good team.’’

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