>> mike: primary assist is that guy. nice pass ahead. and the rest became history. deficit two. quarter of a minute left. played back in. he has gotten an outdoor victory, his first. he was the backup to jimmy howard at michigan stadium. the red wings pick up points 72 and number 73, one behind idle tampa bay and boston for the tie of second place in the atlantic division. 50,095 were here to watch it. thanks for watching the 2016 coors light nhl stadium series. final score in the game once again the detroit red wings 5, the colorado avalanche 3.

coming up next on nbc except on the west coast it is your local news and later tonight it is saturday night live with host ronda rousey and musical guest selena gomez. i should hurry up and say for the entire crew here at coors field so long from denver.

good evening, we begin with breaking news out of the washington, d.c. area. a police officer has been shot and killed in the line of duty tonight according to authorities. the officer and two others were

shot while responding to the scene of a domestic-related shooting right here in the town of religionridge, virginia. police say the gunman is in custody. it's unclear how badly the other officers were wounded. there are reports this may have been the officer's first weekend on the job after being sworn in on friday. we'll continue to follow this and bring you updates in the morning. a heroin user saved and brought back from the brink. medics use narcan to reverse the overdeuce. addiction has gripped the region and narcan is being used to jolt people back to life. we look closer at the epidemic and has more of this exclusive video. >> reporter: it's 4:00 p.m. in kensington and a septa cop sprints to huntingdon station. a man is unconscious on the

ground overdosing from heroin. as trains pass by the victim convulses on the platform, strangers can only hold his hand. >> scary, man. scary. >> medic 15 arrives with a life-saving batch of narcan. septa police arrest the man's friend. >> i was trying to wake him up. >> reporter: police say he was carrying small baggies of the drug. >> it's an epidemic. >> reporter: mark is watching this unfold. he is a former addict himself, clean for the past year. >> the kids today go right to heroin and they drop dead like that. it's nuts. >> reporter: in pennsylvania heroin kills more people than car accidents. 2015 was likely the deadliest year on record. but antidotes like narcan are an overdose victim on a bus was

brought back to life. he was jolted awake and brought back to the hospital. this woman carries narcan with her every day on the train. she has already saved one life and expects to save another in no time. >> it's normal. it's everyday life. it's a shame but it's everyday life down here. >> reporter: in kensington, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. new information about a stabbing in an elevator at a philadelphia septa station. these are photos of the man police are trying to track down in this case. it happened in kensington. that man pulled out a noo knife and demanded money from a woman in the elevator and stabbed her in the shoulder and the leg. the victim is at the hospital being treated for stab wounds. despite what you hear, we don't need to make america great again, america has never stopped being great.

>> hillary clinton takes a swipe at donald trump as she seems to shift into general election attack mode after her overwhelming victory in the south carolina primary tonight. she defeated bernie sanders handily with 74% of the vote compared to sanders's 26%. andrea kline thomas explains what this means ahead of super tuesday. >> it's how hillary clinton won that is giving her campaign a boost. but in philadelphia, bernie sanders supporters rallied to stop the momentum. >> and tomorrow, this campaign goes national. >> reporter: it's an overwhelming win in south but when looking at nbc's exit polls it shows secretary clinton

dominated amongst african-american and women voters and also led with white voters. >> we are going to compete for every vote in every state. we are not taking anything and we're not taking anyone for granted. >> it makes me so happy to have the opportunity to run against donald trump. >> reporter: bernie sanders was not in the palmetto state today instead taking his campaign to texas and minnesota. and here in philadelphia, supporters are feeling the bern as they rallied at city hall. >> people ask me all the time, do you really think that bernie can win? i'm like i really do believe in this movement. >> reporter: both campaigns are ramping up ahead of super tuesday where democrats in 11 states will go to the polls and likely decide who gets the nomination. on super tuesday more than 800 delegates are at stake for the democrats.

the republican candidates are trying to figure out how to cash in on the largest single day haul of delegates in the race. a dozen states will hold their nominating contests. you can see them right here on the map. today chris christie was back on the campaign trail with donald trump. it comes a day after his endorsement of the republican front runner. at this rally in arkansas trump spent most of his time bashing marco rubio. rubio continued his assault on trump today in georgia. the florida senator says he can win the republican nomination outright. the reason? he believes that voters will begin to see that trump is a quote, unquote, con man. daniel cruz campaigned where he revelled in the verbal combat between rubio and trump. he says he wants to avoid what

he calls a battle of insults. cruz predicts he will do well in his home state. john kasich blasted the tone of the republican campaign. he questioned candidates who trade names and insults can present themselves as leaders to young people. now to the weather no drama here. this is a live look at the blue cross river rink. plenty of people out and about at this hour of the night. it will close for the season tomorrow evening as we get a taste of spring. we have more on the warmup on the way. >> the warm air is not far off to the west but we are still looking at a cold night as we head into your saturday evening. 38 in philadelphia, 30s from millville to atlantic city and upper 20s in the allentown area. that is the actual temperature but it is feeling colder in philadelphia, 30 degrees for the

feels like temperature. upper 20s in wilmington. the warm air is on the way. but if you are headed out tonight you need to make sure you are warm enough and that is the case early sunday as well. north and west will likely start the day below the freezing mark. 32 in the poconos, upper 30s near the shore. but the temperatures jump up quickly. and upper 40s toward the shore and in the afternoon plenty of sunshine through the entire day but later in the day the temperatures jump up. lower 60s in philadelphia and upper 50s in the poconos. again, a very warm sunday in the forecast and we're not looking at the warm for just one day it's going to stick around for a couple days. and coming up we'll see when our next chance for rain and snow is headed our way, rosemary? we'd like to draw your attention to seat 29e. >> a husband from bucks county

will never forget this flight after a special announcement from the pilot. and paying tribute to a life taken too soon. how the miss philadelphia pageant is carrying on a legacy tonight one book at a time. villanova rebounds nicely from its first loss and claude giroux hits a career milestone.

neighbors came to a resident's rescue today after he got trapped underneath the debris of this house collapse. it happened this morning in the grays ferry section. demolition crews cleaned up the

rubble. the property did not have any open violations. however neighbors tell us the foundation appeared to be crumbling. crews on scene suspect the heavy rain and strong winds may have played a part in the collapse. the resident went to the hospital but he is expected to be okugo. a fire chief is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack he suffered while battling a blaze in ocean county. crews responded to this house fire. the fire chief collapsed at the scene from what turned out to be a heart attack. he is at the hospital this evening. the house is a total loss. coming up, a woman from bucks county is thanking the crew on her flight home after their helped give her husband the surprise of a lifetime. we'll explain after the break. and temperatures could reach the 60 degree mark tomorrow and the warmth is going to stick

around for a couple of days.

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tomorrow friends and family will come together to remember former miss new jersey cara mccollum. funeral services will be held in her hometown. a memorial service was held earlier tonight. another memorial is scheduled next month. she was a news anchor at snj today. she died monday after a car crash in bad weather. she was the girlfriend of our friend and colleague keith jones. tonight the miss philadelphia

pageant paid tribute to mccollum. contestants and spectators were asked to bring a book. they will be donated to mccollum's organization, the birthday book project. >> we're just so proud of having her been a part of new jersey and we plan on carrying on her birthday book program. >> the project provides brand-new gift wrapped books to kindergarten through fifth grade students for their birthday. a bucks county man got the surprise of his life on a flight home from las vegas. >> although you didn't strike it rich here in las vegas you did hit the jackpot. congratulations. you're about to be a dad. >> what a way to learn you're about to be a father.

lisa surprised her husband with help from an american airlines flight crew. the flight erupted in cheers. we wish them the best. still looking cold tonight and into the early morning hours on sunday. nonetheless we are talking about beautiful conditions for the afternoon not only with plenty of sunshine but warmer temperatures in the forecast on sunday and those warmer temperatures are going to stick around for a couple of days. coming up we'll look at when the rain and wind will return. we have a few days to enjoy the warmer temperatures. currently 38 in philadelphia, mid-30s north and west. 37 in mont holly. mid-30s in wildwood and atlantic city. the cold air across the northeast will start to lift to the north and weiss making way

for the warmer temperatures. in the upper 50s in kansas and this warm air will lift toward our area and bring us a nice couple of days. we have a lot of warm air and dry air. not a lot of rain or snow in the nation's midsection. that's going the keep the storm track off to the north. we keep things quiet as we head into tonight and sunday looking dry as well. cold to get the day underway but the temperatures jump up quickly. upper 50s nearly across the board and a run at the lower 60s. dry and mild sunday night and monday. through the course of the morning a weak front is approaching to bring in showers monday morning. not looking widespread or heavy. and it looks like it will clear out by the afternoon without really dropping the temperatures a lot. even as we head into monday we could be looking at lower 60s as well.

a couple of warm days for the end of the month of february. 35 the low in philadelphia, 28 degrees areas north and west. cold tonight and cold early on sunday but beautiful in the afternoon. mostly sunny, warm, and breezy. showers early monday but clears out for the course of the afternoon and the temperatures only drop a little bit. upper 50s as we get the workweek under way. a gorgeous day before the pattern turns cooler and stormy on wednesday and perhaps continuing into friday. let's hit the ice. the flyers going for a second straight win. they did have claude giroux back after missing three games with

an upper body injury and he made an instant impact. he sneaks one short side. his 500th career point. 40 seconds later. gagne finishes it. 3-1 flyers. flyers win 4-1 to stay three points behind the penguins in the wild card race. >> when the team is on the same page it makes everybody's job easier. we are playing good hockey. we are playing hard and playing the right way. we need to keep playing like that. >> to the college hardwood after wednesday's loss to xavier, the wildcats hoping to rebound at marquette. they needed to win to stay alone at the top of the big east standings. josh hart hits the three here. 7 of 8 shooting.

19 points for the game. and later it's the senior connection. 18 points and 11 rebounds. nova wins 89-79. temple, blocks down a defender and hits the jumper. owls up 2 and that was the winning basket. temple wins. lasalle hosting george mason. a 24 point game to lead the explorers. lasalle wins. drexel hosting northeastern. allen going for the win on senior day trying to play hero but a hero is just a sandwich. drexel falls. penn also lost to columbia. the nfl draft combine continues. the quarterbacks enjoying the spotlight and the eagles head

coach knows what it is like to be out there. but this is the day that cardale jones pulled out with what appears to be a hamstring injury. the phillies play the university of tampa in their first exhibition game of the spring. jeremy heldson will pitch the first inning. that is your look at sports. we'll be right back.

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hundreds of volunteers had a mismatch party today in wilmington. they paired up 50 thousand socks. students will rock the socks when they celebrate world down's syndrome awareness day next month. any outdoor plans perfect conditions tomorrow. get a run in and