while playing a new system the team's best player alex ovechkin is yet to score a goal. with the way things are going lately they can't really complain about who is scoring. the caps were just glad to get a win. of course getting physical with the class at the verizon center. bang out the kinks. caps down 1-0. mike ribero. ward has three goals this season. we're tied at one. second period, more caps. john erskine from the point. he's lighting up the lamp right here. watch the path the puck takes off cody and in. erskine's first goal since april 2011. caps go up 2-1. third period and the moment we have all been waiting for, caps on the power play. mike green to alex ovechkin, and the great eight finally breaks through, his first goal of the season. caps go on to win 3-2. their first victory of the year and their first head coaching win for adam oa tes. >> i'm just glad finally. i was kind of hoping it would be sooner but i'm glad. i was a little concerned at the beginning. i thought we were still a little flat maybe because we pushed so hard the other night. once we got g

alex ovechkin comes through. finally breaking through for his first goal this season. caps win this one 3-2. their first victory of the year and their first head coaching win for adam oats. >>> to hawaii now for the pro bowl. london fletcher talking it over with lorenzo alexander before the game. not much defense in this one. first quarter, afc up 7-0. drew brees airs it out to vincent jackson. 36-yard touchdown. one of two on the day for jackson. we're knotted up at 7-7. second quarter, nfc up 10-7. eli manning gets picked off by derek johnson. the chiefs' line backer takes it 42 yards the other way and the afc takes the lead 14-10. nfc comes back, up 31-10. russell wilson putting the spin move on and fires one downfield to doug martin. 28-yard score. one of three touchdown passes in the game for wilson. these two teams combined for 98 points. the nfc wins it 62-35. >>> paul hewitt and george mason trying to hand northeastern their first conference loss. first half action, mason down six. second half, northeastern still up eight. joel smith inside to spencer for the d

alex ovechkin came into the score list. shoots one tore the net. bounces off. but so would the rebound. come on. second period. john passes the puck in front of the net. then third period. the pass. his first goal of the season by mike green. 30-2.aps win, the super bowl is a showcased up to the finest teams in the league. the ravens did not rank far behind. 11 to be exact. there are some sensational storylines. one player is retiring. he was asked about his retirement plans. he quickly shut down the possibility. he will be playing next year, will be playing next monday in new orleans. when it comes to going home for the .uper bowl not everyone gets this chance to win in the super bowl and the super bowl. it is amazing. >> amazing indeed. bryce harper seems to be making just as many headlines. he was on the cover of mlb 2013. we caught up with the young talked about his and excitingr opportunities ahead. i'm excited about this year and get going. you have to look at the competition you have had this past year. through your mind when you think of all of your acc

then alex ovechkin got his first goal of the year is in the third. the capitals won the game, 3-2. members of the miami heat will been trading in their jerseys for suits and ties. president obama will welcome the nba team to have their 2012 championship greeting. the miami heat completed this incredible shot. take a look. >> from the half court. look at this shot. my goodness. >> michael made a half-court hotshot and won $75,000. getting tackled in celebration by lebron james. michael appeared on good morning america today to talk about the unforgettable moment and to shoot some hoops to celebrate some more. >> maybe he'll make another one. well done. an on welcome visitor created anxious moments at a college basketball game in wisconsin. >> every time the bat has blown over the court, the crew has been forced to stop play. >> the animal appeared near the end of the marquette game in milwaukee. it circled the the court several minutes. people through their towels and. -- at the bat to bring it down. >> people had been ignoring the game and then when the bat game now, it was a diffe

. >> the struggling caps removed alex ovechkin to the left wing tonight. something was up.ey played better. but have they changed the mojo? caps down 2-0. on the power play. trying to find some sparks. bingo, they finally get on the board to-one. still down, the caps on the attack and watch this, yes sir. he scores. it was 2-2. in overtime, and here we go. keep an eye on kovalchuk. here comes the game winner. a spin, turn, score. new jersey wins 3-2. for basketball fans, the wizards are playing with more passion than they did earlier in the season. let me take you downtown. he got his first part of the year. look at this. on the baseline, of the spin and reverse. that is sweet. 47-40. down the stretch the wizards hit the wall. he continued to be aggressive. watch this. with the spin again. off the glass and bottom. the wizards beat minnesota. wall wowed 14 points. for football fans, the bottom line is trent williams is in honolulu. but he will not play on sunday. that is a fact. he was tased. the police report says he was involved in an altercation this morning at a club in

alex ovechkin thinks the biggest issue is mental. troy brower says they're getting outworked. whatever it is, the capitals have played three games in season and none of them have been close. a third sdragt stinker. scoreless in the second period. montreal with a two-man advantage. the blast from rafael diaz. but fle cannic is there. and the habs on the board. off the shot, andre markov doesn't shoot it. instead he passes it over. 1-0, canadians on top. montreal on the power play. with max pacioretty with the rebound to markov who buries it. the seventh power play goal given up by the capitals this season. the habs have a 2-0 lead. rene bourque racing up the ice, scepters to brian gionta. three guys on one canadian, wide open is gionta. oh, man. golly. the capitalings off to their first 0-3 start after losing 4-1, since the '93-'94 season. listen carefully to the new verbiage used by the new head coach adam oates after this one. >> things aren't going our way. we're a little fragile and gave them a five on three goal. >> pathetic is probably a better term. you know, i feel bad

for the rest of the squad, don't tell alex ovechkin among those panicking. >> yes, it's the fastest and, of course, i feel comfortable out there. we just need to play and use our skill. >> i have no idea what he just said there. >> and on to our game of the week, going on to vote for these. 9,000 of you voted. that's pretty cool. kennedy at spring book right there. now if you know what he is saying, then you need to leave it up for me. >> he was like a first generation. that's a lot of foreign city going on. >> yes. i got you over there. stay with us for the cbs

alex ovechkin getting set for this game. there's his first-year head coach, adam oaks.up 3-2, loses it, the turnover and fires off the pads. and volski is there to clean up the mess. we're tied at 3. later in the third, still tied at 3. capitals with two men in the penalty box. st. luis, second goal in the game. lightning take a 4-3 lead. they add two more goals. they go on to win this one 6-3. >>> tonight, adam oaks suffered his first loss as caps' head coach. >>> moving on to the diamond, it's been a very sad day in the baseball world. two legends are no longer with us. last night, former orioles' manager, earl weaver, passed away. weaver might be remembered best for his fiery confrontations with umpires and the winningest manager in o's history, cleedle the team to a championship in 1970. >> it's a sad day for any of us who knew earl, but also a sad day, i think, for anybody that had been involved in orioles baseball. >> there is a lot of emotion in the building today. there is the reason they call him the earl of baltimore. >> weaver died last night on a orioles-spo

alex ovechkin is ready to take the ring. the russian superstar returned to moscow to play during the lockout. be despite a substantial salary cut, he is back in the ssa. >> i get excited and pray we get on the road together and that's kind of my mission. >> but his teammate johner skin said it may take over players a bit more time to get back in form. >> i don't think any of the guys are in tip top game form other than the guys that played in europe. but it takes a little bit of getting used to. maybe a game or so. >> for all their excitement, some fans aren't quite ready to forgive players. the lockout tried both their patience and loyalty. >> as a fan, you sit here and you're, like, guys, really? i'm making my monthly mortgage payment and putting food on the table for my kids and you're worried about a million-dollar bonus. >> but most fans seem willing to move on and tune in when the capitals face-off with tampa bay. >> american airplane bowing has suspended deliverries of its 787 dreamliner. safety experts are examining

they wanted alex old engine -- alex ovechkin to show. he passes the puck. deflect off of the defender. that is all you would need. drumroll, third. . he celebrates like he always does. he gets that first goal. swing of 3-2. >> the new jersey game give us confidence that when you do it right, we look like a real team. there is a five minute window in the third that we shooting back and. it was nice to hear guys on the bench yelling what to do. they were encouraged by that. talking to each other. >> shifting gears, golf, farmers insurance. tiger on the approach from the fairway. and he hits the wedge. lance of the middle of the green. one hit. would later birdie. third shot, uphill. 109 yards. the ball, look at that. 15 feet past the hole. under six for around four. he is currently up by six shots with 11 holes to play tomorrow. and the action thomas and torn acl. -- nba action, torn acl. kobe bryant >> of 14 assists. lakers win over oklahoma city. >> a new fee starting today. [ male announcer ] verizon fios is the fastest internet in america. just ask pc m.

alex ovechkin broke his own personal drought, collecting his first goal of the year. next up, the caps are off to ottawa to take on the senators tomorrow night. >>> this is the beginning of the big turn around we were asking for, right? >> exactly. keep it going. that's the plan. >>> the weather will be a big focus, especially this morning. we're expecting the potential for freezing weather, right? >> let's check in with tom. >> precipitation freezing up on elevated surfaces and untreated surfaces. good morning. time for weather and traffic early on had monday morning. storm team 4 radar looks ominous, but most of it is not reaching the ground. it's drying up before it reaches the ground. to our west, northern montgomery county, howard county, frederick county, hagerstown, washington county, as well as the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley, those locations are getting sleet and freezing rain. all these areas in pink. that includes loudoun county. does look like around leesburg now and west of there, up toward hillsborough, per sellville. these are

alex ovechkin barrels up the left side. falls and collides with anderson.nalty there and everybody was okay. less than two minutes left, still tied. on the power play, off of hendricks, past michael. that's the game winner. the capitals fall 3-2. >>> nats all-star pitcher's name has been linked to a report acould accusing several players. despite the fact his name appeared in the handwritten note of the chief of miami clinic, biogenesis. those reports detailed the selling of banned substances. max denied his son's use and said he had no contact with the clinic chief and it was him who consulted to lose weight. major league baseball's department of investigations is looking into the matter. geo released this statement via twitter, quote, i have never used performance enhancing drugs of any kind and i never will. i have never met or spoken with tony or used any substances provided by him. swarms of media raided the superdome for super bowl media day. no one garnering more attention than ray lewis. information from a sports illustrated article said speeding th

alex ovechkin scoring what proved to be the go ahead goal for the 3-2 win.ower says the win was nice but overdue. >> good but bad that it took so long. you know, we thought we played a real good game in new jersey and carried over to last night and finally got two point on the board and you don't ever want to be known as the team that was the last team out of 30 to get a win, though. >>> a monday finish from the farmers insurance open from torrey pines, tiger woods starting the day with a six- shot lead and how about this. the wedge staying hot on the greenside bunker on the par 3 11. excellent shot leads to a tap- in par. tiger got as low as 18-under led by eight, but limped to the finish, two bogeys and a double the last five holes, still finished four better than the next guy winning at 14-under, his seventh victory at this event, 75th of his career. >>> and finally long time redskins special teams coach danny smith is interviewing for the same position with the pittsburgh steelers. brian is back to wrap things up right after this. there is no mass produc

. >> last night at verizon center, alex ovechkin on happened for the pittsburgh/georgetown game, rockinghoyas hat. this is all panthers. georgetown had more turnovers, 17, than field goals, just 13 of those. man. pitt led by 15 points at the break. pitt whips 73-45, as georgetown suffers its most lopsided loss at home since 1971, leaving for a very sour john thompson iii after the game. >> it's embarrassing. i mean, that was -- that -- this group has not responded -- not responded like we did today rkt. i don't think that is characteristic of who this group is but today was disappointed. we have things we know we need to address. like i said, i don't think this is -- i hope this suspect -- i know this suspect who we are. tonight, this is very disappointing. >> my guess is that will be fixed pretty soon. >>> after the worst start in franchise history, the wizards should be getting their best player become on saturday. john wall has been practicing since last week and he is going full speed, assuming his knee continues to respond well, wall will be making his season debut this weekend. wal

alex ovechkin will barrel his way to craig anderson. nobody harmed in the making of that highlight.re and ottawa scores three straight goals. they beat the capitals 3-26789 we have some issues with peds with deer antlers. we don't like to normally talk about this sort of thing but we have to. but gio gonzalez is in the news. it was a miami report that said that gio's name showed up on a list of major leaguers including alec rodriguez who had used performance enhancing drugs. he says no and that it was his dad, max, who had consulted this gentleman down in miami to try to lose some weight. so much so, this is what gio said on twitter. he said never met or spoken with tony bosch or used any substance provided by him. anything said to the contrary is a lie. ray lewis, we had the super bowl media day. supposed to be all fun. ask stupid questions. >> it is supposed to be. >> until a sports illustrated report came out yesterday. ray was told this was going to come out that he had requested to get some help to repair his torn tricep that he suffered earlier in the year with an illegal subs

. >>> alex ovechkin has reason to celebrate. he's engaged. he announced the news yesterday on twitter and posted this picture of himself with his new fiancee, tennis star maria can you remember link owe. the couple has been dating more than a year. ovechkin has been playing hockey in moscow during the lockout has been seen at many of her matches in recent months. congratulations to them. >> absolutely. crews are putting the finishing touchings on the tournament of roses parade. >> teams have been decorating floats with flowers and the theme this year is oh, the places you will go. the parade is hosted by the "today" show's al roker and actress allison sweeney. you can watch the 124th tournament of roses parade live starting at 11:300 here on nbc4. >>> new this morning, pope benedict xvi says despite the death and injustice in the world, goodness prevails. you're looking at live pictures right now coming in from vatican city where services just wrapped up. the new year's day mass at st. peter's basilica. he marked the church's world day of pea

alex ovechkin broke his own personal drought collecting his first goal of the year. next up, the caps are off to ottawa to take on the senators tomorrow night. >>> let's go caps. we have school closings and delays coming in. prince william county two hours late along with montgomery, prince george's and d.c. schools two hours late. federal government opening at noon today. >>> this is all because what we're seeing coming down right now that could create problems on the roads. let's start with a check on the forecast with tom. >> good morning, we've had this precipitation that initially was evaporating drying out before it reached the ground. in the last 20 minutes or so shall it's beginning to reach the ground. all the areas in the gray and white, a combination of sleet and snow or all snow. the areas in green, rain reaching the ground. southern prince george's into southern maryland. farther north and west, this is across loudoun county. most areas in the gray are getting very light snow with a little bit of sleet. east of there, into montgomery county, most of mont

alex ovechkin will crash into anderson. everybody is okay. no penalty. ovi is okay. former cap there, sergei. and ottawa beats washington, come back with three straight goals. 3-29 final there. >> now, the gio gonzalez story broke yesterday. it was a little bizarre. in a nutshell, it is a miami clinic biogenesis and anthony bosch had his name written down as some other major leaguers were mentioned in this ped report. now, he says he consulted with them. gio's dad said he consulted with bosch and not his son to try to lose some weight. there seems to be it was my dad. here is what gio had to say. on twitter, he says look, i have never used performance enhancing drugs of any kind and i never will. i have never met or spoken with tony bosch or used any substances by him. anything said to the contrary is a lie. he is vehement in his denial. you got to go with that. also, yesterday, media day. supposed to be fun. all laid back. everybody is having fun until a report came out and it was leaked to ray louis this is a this would happen from sports illustrated accusing ray o

. >>> alex ovechkin has been keeping busy during the lockout, he and tennis player got engaged. on twitter. that's the way we do things these days. the couple has been dating more than a year now. ovechkin who has been playing hockey in moscow during the lockout has been seen at many of her matches in recent months. >> i saw that tweet as a matter of fact. >> congratulations to them. >> indeed. >>> crews are putting the finishing touches on this year's tournament of roses parade. >> themes have been decorating floats with flowers. the theme of the parade is oerk the places you will go. the parade is hosted by al roker and actress allison sweeney. you can watch the 124th tournament of roses parade live starting at 11:00 here on nbc4. >>> all right. our time right now is 5:26. coming up this morning, nearing a deal. a look at the remaining hurdles for congress this morning as they try to prevent a massive tax hike. >>> plus, how hundreds brought in the new year with a bang right here in the d.c. area. >>> a little snow may be moving our way this morning. what kind of impact this w

. >> is this whole marriage thing going to be good for ovechkin? >> alex is 27 now. we forget he's been around. this is his seventh year. yeah, i think he's maturing. a lot of our players are, nick backstrom, mike green looks more mature. they're or bedrock foundational players. i think that beauty calms the savage beast action and they're all with great girls you know, this is what he went. >> ted, thank you so much. >> i missed you. >> it's good to have hockey back. we'll get a taste tonight, an appetizer better the home opener next tuesday. guys? >>> all right. thank you, dan. >>> coming up next, the start football player at notre dame caught in a confusing story about the death of his girlfriend that turned out to be a hoax. >>> president obama will take the oath of office uses president lincoln's bible. we got our hands on this historic artifact today. >>> toll? what millions. rv.a27 >>> right now it's just cold rain. >>> dozens of vdot trucks have been out since 3:00, preteething the highway as a precaution. let's check in with doug on what the conditions are e