alex ovechkin to marcus johansson. this caps team did not want to see a game seven. >> they battled back pretty hard, but again we found a way to score one goal and keep the lead and win the game. >> i think we've just kind of reassured the fact that we know we can stay focused, we know we can battle through some adversity. that's been probably our calling card this scene is we've been able to fight back in games and play hard no matter what the situation. >> reporter: so the capitals avoid the nerves and the pressure of a game seven against the philadelphia flyers. next up, the pittsburgh penguins. i'm jason pugh, news 4 sports. >>> a man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder aftell father-in-law to death last night in la plata. they say hemsley stabbed the man several times and then forced his 12-year-old daughter into his car at knife point. she was able to get away and police later caught up to the suspect. >>> police say the quick actions of an officer in the parking lot outside a school dance in

a goal and had two assists in the game but none more impressive than this assist right here to alex ovechkin through the legs of t.j. oshie, and that had his teammates very impressed. >> right off the stick, in my mind it was like i'm not going to be able to catch this. once it went through my legs, i thought this is probably going to o. i didn't know if i had to turn around. >> i guess saw through him or something. that's what he does. i mean, he's the best passer in the league i think. he finds those plays and put it right on the tape. >> did you actually try to put it there? >> yeah. >> is that a hard thing to do? >> that was the only lane open, so i can hit the sweet spot. >>> the western conference, game three between the blues and blackhawks. this series tied at one. we'll skip ahead to the third. knotted up at 2. blues on the power pass down low. then out to jaden schwartz who scores. just some good passing. schwartz gets the go-ahead goal. they beat the blackhawks 3-2. >>> the cavaliers taking on the pistons. first found of the nba playoffs. pistons down by two. caldwell pope misses

third period, alex ovechkin. the pens tied it three. th they're still playing right now.somebody yell at me if it changes. meantime a draft deal for the redskins. the skins traded down would swapping with the houston, texans. in return just 45 minutes ago mn the skins chose this guy, josh docks son, like the dog, just fewer letters. the wide receiver was first team all american last year. at 62 he'll give kirk cousins another option for deep plays.ly he's getting comparisons to old beck ham jr. much that's not bad especially when we odel beck hah and the giants. the in the and phillies had a late afternoon game. four years ago today was the day bryce this is the time you need them and he struck out. ou > jim. >> i'll sorry. > scoreless in the ninth. jonathan pap elk ridge been, struck out his first batter. harper, can'tette get it there. the nats shut out for the second straight day. they are swept by the phyllis. they start a road trip tomorrowm at st. louis. if somebody told me we started off at 14-7 i'd be very, very happy. we kind of spoiled everybody by starting the

. >>> to the ice now, alex ovechkin with a chance to close out the flyers tomorrow night.espite down 3-0, philly found a way to force game five large part to mike. they understand what went wrong and how to fix it. >> we look too far forward and didn't play that shift by shift and period by period and that's what they did and they beat us. you have to get the next win and play hard. >> if you give teams hope, what they can do with it. they won one game and they are feeling better than being down 3-0. >> no room for error. that allows you to play at a level that is extreme. jayson werth resting today with a sore hamstring. bases empty for harper. harper takes it deep to center. his eighth home run of the season. are up. bottom of the inning, matt struggled all day long. azune that, the three run shot. his second of the season. it you not his day. he gave up five runs on eight hits through five innings of works. nats split the series after falling 5-1 to the marlins. >>> up to baltimore, manny was hit in every game this season. that's a 14-game hitting streak. bottom of the

sean couturier was hit by alex ovechkin in the second period. one fan says he has permanently colored his beard orange for the playoffs hoping the orange and black will come back for the series. >> this is huge, it became bigger, unfortunately when ed snider passed away. the team has to rally around that fact and i think they will. i think they know what is at stake. >> reporter: a lot of people were at that watch party last night looking ahead to game two tomorrow. more importantly as we look live at the wells fargo center, game three. the series comes to philly on monday. hopefully by that time the series will be tied up and we'll be on our way to winning this whole thing against the capitals and on the way to the next round. for now live in south philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> a man is recovering after firefighters found him inside a house where they just put out a fire. flames hit a row home along 77th avenue and west oak lane last night. after crews got control of the fire, they found a man inside the home. he was suffering fr

. >> alex ovechkin, if you've ever seen the goal as wacky as the one that slid under steve mason. he says as a kid he remembers defenseman who flung a shot from behind his own net that went in similar to the one mason allowed in this game. from the verizon center, john boruk, comcast sports net. >>> penguins trying to take 2-0 lead with rangers. pence up 1-0. finds the way to keith gandel. forget about it. he ties it for the rangers. 18 seconds later, getting behind pittsburgh defense against blue shirts to lead for good. rangers win 4-2 and tie the series at 1. >>> to the diamond now on the hill for phillies making his third start of the season. the first win, that countered with -- top already 1-0. zimmerman. drives in another with base knocked up the middle, tagged nola for three in the opening frame. look at this, opposite way hard hit ball over hunter's head, scores a pair 5-0. nationals next inning, bryce harper spanks one to left. he can hit a little bit. third straight game. phillies lose 8-1. steph curry questionable for warriors in game two against rockets after injuring

alex ovechkin on attack. couple of caps in the area, but neu v clears it up. 28 saves in the game for him. later in the period, caps doing all they can. over to snapping a 72 shot scoreless streak. they're up 1-0. is it enough? to the third. caps, they're holding on. saved again by holtby. the holtby shutting down the flyers in the third. 28 saves for holtby. everybody could stake a breath. they take the series four games to two. they move on to the second round to face the pittsburgh penguins. we move on to philadelphia where our own jason pugh is standing by live. i am hering when o.v. walked in, he was booed, and then today he was encouraged to beat the pens. >> reporter: i think everyone walks into the wells fargo center is booed. i was booed. they booed everybody. they do that and they throw things from time to time, but it did not bother the capitals. this teamai they stayed the course. >> when i first stepped behind the bench, i felt that there was a little bit of nervousness in tight games. i think we

alex ovechkin and the caps rocking the red. jason chimera, the caps redirects the puck on a dump in goal out by steve mason. caps up 2-0. flyers trim the lead to 1. but the caps are rolling here at verizon center. braden holtby took care of the rest. he stopped 60 of 61 shot ins two games. caps win 4-1. >> we knew we were going to play hard. play physical. we have to respond to them. i think we respond well. obviously. we given a chance. awesome job. i think we did our part and we have to go on the road. but we love the road. it will be a great atmosphere. it will be nice. >> let's begin two games here. going into philly. if we had the games like we had the last two games, were probably not going to come out on top because of discipline issues. going into philly, you need to be disciplined. you can't be worked up, sucked into their crowd and atmosphere. >> reporter: interesting take there from holtby. the winner of this series faces the winner of the rangers penguins. the rangers erupted for three goals in less than five minute

. >> we're still waiting for alex ovechkin to even score against the penguins. good luck and we'll see what you guys have to offer. >> fighting words. those are our colleagues in pittsburgh. the morning team there. >> listen, so we sent them a similar -- >> message. >> right. ours was maybe a little rougher. maybe. strongly worded. >> yes. >> i might have said that the pens are going done or something like that. >> something along that general line of nastiness. >> the excitement of course building here will d.c. as the caps take the ice against the penquins tonight at 8:00. >> they will be playing on home turf at the verizon center and that's where we find molette green this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. games one and two right here in washington. of course we have to get through this game one tonight. and many know about this rivalry. it's no big secret, right some we remember that epic playoff series from 2009. pittsburgh came out on top on that one. that was the past. that was then. this is now. this time around, fans say we have t

. >> about that challenge, stopping alex ovechkin, that's not easy. he had ha hat trick over the blues. he's tops in the nhl. >>> to baseball now, vince ha valasquez had a strong start, nine in six innings. could the offense help him out? not much on a cold night in the big apple. opposite wade jack, his second of the season, that's the only run of the game. phillies get the first win 1-0. >>> a rough day at the masters yesterday, five players had rounds under par. it was a windy day on the course. 16th hole, smiley kauffman in the first masters. yes, his name is smiley and he's wearing funky green pants but just off the green, gets the birdie. only player to break 70 in the third round. 69 for him. jordan spieth, three-shot lead, but the three-putt on that hole, 73 for the day. he's three under, one shot ahead. that's your look at sports. >>> boxer manny pacquiao is retiring or that's what he said moments after winning his latest fight. pacquiao won a 12-round unanimous decision over timothy bradley in las vegas last night. pacquiao's first fight sin

sean couturier was hit by alex ovechkin in the second period. one fan told us he permanently colored his beard orange for the playoffs hoping the orange and black will come back to win this series. a lot of hope. >> i'm not worried about it. they can take them out and we can move forward. >> reporter: not worried about it. a lot of people at that watch party looking ahead at the game two tomorrow against the capitals. more importantly game three when the series comes to philly. hopefully by that time the series will be all tied up and we'll be well on our way to moving on. for now live in south philadelphia, i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> thanks. today the bill cosby case has another hearing in philadelphia federal court. the judge will consider a request by andrea constan, the former temple employee who accuses cosby of sexually assaulting her more than a decade ago. she wants the secrecy clause in her 2006 settlement with cosby lifted. each side says the other violated that pact. >>> it's been almost two years since a mother and her three y

. >> reporter: we have sidneyve crosby, we have alex ovechkin oh two of the great players in tat theame right now.e gaight what's it like -- we're watching greatness on iceness o regardless of who you root foroo here wouldn't you think. wldn' >> oh, yeah, it's definitelyfin people shouldn't take fore granted two of the besto of t bs players you're ever going see eo play in the national hockeyl hoe league and you've got great g g youth on both teams.youth goaltending match as gel. it'well. >> reporter: what's your what' y advice for anybody who may not be rocking the red.ocking r >> keep your head high.ee i think we got thip s series. sr the pens have the momentum.omen i think we can be good. >> reporter: how many games do you think this is going tohik go. >> probably seven. >> reporter: hey guys enjoyte the gamer: tonight.on again puck drops at 8 o'clock 8c down here verizon center.on cen fans are showing up. u we'll talk about it a little a l bit later on tonight. t for now live outsoot verizonter center tonight jim lokay fox5 f local news. >> for our viewers who don'tur know jim is

last night a huge hit when sean contact tore use way hit by alex ovechkin. it will cost him two weeks. he will miss the rest of the series, and then some. >> we have to step up and do more. cooots has had a outstanding season, and, you know, we have to find a way, to step up, and score some goals and play good defense. >> and then flyers spent time working on their power play. zero for four. one of the things they have to improve if they want a chance in game two. >> we have had some good opportunities, both units generated good opportunities. i think we can, you know, we can work to be a little bit more consistent. >> you know, when you don't score goals we struggle. i think our chances are there. our entry is good. we have pucks on the net the but they are not going in. we will just stick witt and keep doing our thick. >>> coming up celebrations continue for villanova but for chris jenkins, is the party over? decision on hi >>> villanova fans, good news. the season hero will be back to try for a repeat performance. the chris jenkins confirmed he will retur

alex ovechkin with two on the night, philadelphia head hunting literally. tried to go after orlov.ashington not taking the bait. composure key in this 6-1 win. >> we stayed to our game plan and the script. and we took their best game and focused on what we were supposed to do. that's all we're here to do and it's a big win. >> leplenty of comebacks in history and we don't want to be part of that. so we're focusing on the next game and doing the things that have made us successful. >> reporter: game four back on this ice tomorrow night when the caps could close out this series. in philadelphia, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> that was just a complete blowout. at one point it looked like the flyers gave up. >> it was a wild game at that, too. fans got involved, too. >> 6-1, too. one more. second sgl second round let's go. >>> it's 4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. and we are talking about another 80 degree day. wasn't that nice, angie? >> chuck, kids will love you because they get to go back out on the play ground. >> another outdoor recess kind of a day. they were yeste

in the playoffs when they can close out a series, it has to be in their minds now, especially alex ovechkinpitals have not been happy with braid den so braid den let's them have a fight. t.j., step right up. what a way to start the game. the flier could not convert three power plays. second period, they get a lucky bounce right here. the puck goes off a can't tals player's skate. ryan white gets the credit. see the flyers getting the lucky bounces in this game. mike yes, ma'am neuvirth saves them all. it's the fewers by a winning team in the playoffs in 18 years. they were outshot by 33. and they get an empty netter to end it. amazing flyers shut out the caps 2-0 forcing game six. here is john bor rack in washington. >> across the nation they were celebrating earth day. it's only fitting because philadelphia had the best goalie on the planet on this night as michael neuvirth turned in 44 save gem forcing a game six sunday. >> i like to face a lot of shots. you know, keep me in a game. and you know, i enjoy it. guys did really good job in front of me. i was seeing the puck well. >> we did th

louis and has reached a career high in goals and is second behind alex ovechkin in goal scores for washington oshie still has some love for st. louis, though. after all, spent the first seven years of his career there. >> gone by, a full season almost, washington feels like my new home now. so it's going to be weird going against some of my really good buddies, guys standing next to me at my wedding. but it will be fun. it will be a good battle. >>> the battle for the final wild card spot in east came down to the final games. bruins held a spot at the starter today but without tuukka rask against the centers, the bruins imploded. chris neil finishes in front for the equalizer. and four minutes later, zack smith on the deflection, six unanswered goals for the senators in the final two periods. their last two games in order to make the playoffs. well, we know who the caps will be playing in the first round now. philadelphia, just finished up on the network, facing the pittsburgh penguins. they needed two points from their last two games to earn the final spot and they got an empty-netter with l

then second period, alex ovechkin, look at this shot. off the bench. 2-1, capitals. then it just keeps on coming from the capitals. and toward the end of the game in the third period, the flyers let it get away from them. they had a tough couple calls and then the fans, some fans started throwing bracelets and things on the ice. the flyers got assessed a penalty for it. flyers lose 6-1. if ed snider were watching this, the players know he would not have been pleased. >> i don't know, i don't think he would have been too happy with it. i'm pretty sure he's not too happy with that obviously. some of it is, you know, self-inflicted but, you know, others -- you know, i think the whole fan situation there, i know they're understandably upset, but i know that can't happen. >> not too fun. you know, we -- we take a lot of pride from playing in front of our fans and want to play hard and that's our identity. >> you know, obviously we pulled the game away and they weren't interested if plays anymore. and so, you know, we ended up on the power play for the last seven or eight

they have the best record in the league, led by alex ovechkin who scored 50 goals, that is tops in the league. the flyers split season series with the caps. now, while vegas gives flyers war odds of winning the cup but they don't mind being an under dog. >> unaudible. >> it doesn't really phase us, you know, it is what it is. we will worry about our game, and right now our next goal, it is to beat the washington capitals and we will have to do a lot of good things out there to be able to make that happen. >> the phillies back in action tonight against padres, yesterday the fightins lost home opener four -three. charlie morton will be making his second start of the season for phillies, last week he gave up six runs and five hits over three and 23rd inning in the zero-six loss. >> i'm hoping for at least six or seven innings. he didn't have the greatest outing in cincinnati, gave us three great innings and then fell apart in the fourth but i think he is capable of giving us, enough innings to get news to our bull pen the best way possible instead of putting guys in positions where they a

he suffered that injury in a second period when he took that shot right there from alex ovechkin that means they will miss their best defensive center on saturday in a game they can ill afford to lose. they hate to come back to philadelphia a down two games but the flyers did find some positives from last night. >> i loved our effort. we came up a little bit short. we didn't come up up here to come up short. >> it was one to nothing until four minutes to go in the game, so, you know, we were right there. >> phillies were opening a three game series with the washington nationals at 7:05 as jeremy hellickson to urn to toss a gem. the vince velasquez wowed crowd at citizens bank park by striking out 16 batters. good luck following that one up, jeremy. >>> they will do it all over the world, but four major sports have held off until now, nba, will carry ads on their uniforms beginning in the 2017/18 season. it will be a two and a half inch by two and a half inch space and will bring in another 100 million-dollar, a year to the league. >>> here's some history, in the wnba last night first

they're led by alex ovechkin and scored 50 goals tops in the league.ers splitly season series again the caps. las vegas giving flyers the worst odds winning the cup. they don't mind being the underdog. >> from the start of the season i don't think very many people gave us a chance to make the playoffs. that's what i think drove all us year long. we're the underdog. no different going into the playoffs. >> it doesn't really phase us. it is what it is. we're going to worry about our game and right now our next goal is to beat the washington capitals and we'll have to do a lot of good things out there to be able to make that happen. >> they like being the underdog. >> good theory. >> underdog is good. >> neutralize -- we got a shot. neutralize. >> i'm with you. >> lesley, thanks. >> appreciate it. coming up a rescue ♪ >>> it could possibly be the best looking rescue ever. >> police and firefighters flocked together teaming up to pull several ducklings from storm drain on route 38 near larchmont boulevard. crews were able to save the get the ducks out and

they're led by alex ovechkin and scored 50 goals tops in the league.ers splitly season series again the caps. las vegas giving flyers the worst odds winning the cup. they don't mind being the underdog. >> from the start of the season i don't think very many people gave us a chance to make the playoffs. that's what i think drove all us year long. we're the underdog. no different going into the playoffs. >> it doesn't really phase us. it is what it is. we're going to worry about our game and right now our next goal is to beat the washington capitals and we'll have to do a lot of good things out there to be able to make that happen. >> they like being the underdog. >> good theory. >> underdog is good. >> neutralize -- we got a shot. neutralize. >> i'm with you. >> lesley, thanks. >> appreciate it. coming up a rescue to p modres: the cost of living the pay stays the same. i have to work extra hours just to make ends meet. it's a big struggle. one person that really gets this is katie mcginty. she came from a working-class family. she was ninth of 10 kids.

. >> yesterday, barry trot said it was disrespectful to these two teams to only focus on alex ovechkinsidney crosby. ov, he has always come to play when it is time to take on the penguins. ovechkin has put up 46 points. ov and crosby combined for 27 points in that series. they both had hat tricks, but it was pittsburgh winning in seven games and later going on to win the cup. >> i can past. it doesn't apply to this group. this group is new. we're trying to create our own history, not be history. if we were, we'd be looking backwards always with all the emotion and things that go on that aren't in your control. you can really lose sight of what's important. >> you have to control yourself. control your emotions always. it's going to be exciting. the energy is going to be jacked right up, but we can't get ahead of ourselves or get a little too excited at certain times. i think that will be crucial for us. >> be sure to tune into nbc at 7:30 this saturday night. we'll be at the verizon center for the quest for the cup pregame show. it airs right before the guys take the ice for game two.

that's exactly what captain alex ovechkin plans to do in game five. the caps are 35-5-2 when ov scores. ovechkin still believes this caps team doesn't have much to worry about in this series. >> we're in control of our destiny at this moment, so we have to play hard, play simple, and play smart. don't give them many chances in the beginning. we have to dictate how we have to play. not them. >> reporter: the capitals, they were stymied goaltender. they have to get to him early to have a chance tonight and close out this series here at the verizon center. that's going to do it for me. send it back to you guys in studio. >> big night. we hope this is the one. >>> a walk to remember. tonight the community effort that's under way after two teens were killed at the same metro station just weeks apart. and a public display for prince fans even as we learn new details about a death. >>> i don't know about you, but i haven't been to the car wash yet. i'm waiting for this rain, doug, to wash all the nasty pollen off my car. >> i know. we talked about this yeste

. >> i asked alex ovechkin if he'd ever seen a goal as wacky as the one that slid under steve mason.a kid he remembers defenseman who flung a shot from behind his own net that went in similar to the one mason allowed in this game. from the verizon center, john boruk, comcast sports net. >>> penguins trying to take 2-0 lead on the rangers. evgeni malkin playing the first time in a month, pens up 1-0. finds the way to keith yandle. forget about it. he ties it for the rangers. 18 seconds later, getting behind pittsburgh defense against blue shirts to lead for good. rangers win 4-2 and tie the series at 1. >>> to the diamond now aaron nola on the hill for the phillies making his third start of the season. the first win, that countered with -- top already 1-0. zimmerman. drives in another with base knocked up the middle, tagged nola for three in the opening frame. top four at the plate. look at this, helping out his own cause. takes nola deep to opposite. hard hit ball over hunter's head, atop the wall. scores a pair 5-0. nationals next inning, bryce harper spanks one to left. he can hit

alex ovechkin, he does have a goal, but in the first two games he has knocked out two of the flie flyersrs. it's this bruising style of play that his greatness in the postseason. >> he's a force when he has the puck. he's a force when he doesn't have the puck. it really kind of takes it a little bit of your focus off what you're doing if you're around looking for those guys. >> i think it's a big part of my game. i think i have to do it in that category. the boys are going to follow me. >> reporter: leading 11 hits in the first two games. o.v. getting physical. just another way of saying it's playoff time. >> it's time when you have to do not just score goals, you know, and do some offensive stuff, but you have to set the tone in different ways. physical game, smart play, and offense is on, defense is on. try to do your best. >> that's what we need from him. it's what that's -- he has a job to do just like everyone else in his locker room. the job is to execute it and he's doing it well and we expect it from him for the rest o haf playoffs. >> that's why i say alex is unique in this game

alex ovechkin playing in full throttle as usual. as you're going to take a look at this.big hit of the flyers. turns out he's going to miss ths rest of the series. second period ovechkin shot, sho rings off the cross bar. not good there. a little bit later on, take a look at it there, there it is.s. john carlson letting it rip. gets past, the first goal of the series, caps in in short, caps beat the flyers 2-0. tony is very happy about that th one. a lot of fans are probably, too, we know the caps will get tomorrow off. they'll go at it again at the verizon center on saturday. then they'll go over to philly, the pub drops on saturday 7:00 p.m. it's a good start you want the mow meant up.t you're like a little l kid there. that's great. thank you, jim. see you later. all right, now we turn to theurn raise for the white house. a spirited debate is taking place in brooklyn, new york at this hour between democraticemoc presidential candidate hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders. they're really going afternoon each other. the fireworks started early whey one person asked

he took this big shot from alex ovechkin on saturday night. he has a sprained shoulder. flyers missed him when he was hurt. they were 6-9-4 without him. it could be scott lawton jumping in to the lineup. it will be scott's first playoff game and he says quote he can bring a little fire to this series. >> i haven't played much in the last two weeks. and i have been itching to get back at it for sure. if i'm in i'm excited for the opportunity. just going to try to help the team get a win. that's the biggest thing. >> he played well, you know, in new york the other night so he's got a game one his belt in case we need to put him in the lineup. he's a pretty versatile player. i know if we need him tomorrow he'll be ready to go. >> some capitals not happy with a hit as the game ended. take a look at that right there. capitals tough guy tom wilson said it's kind of an unwritten rule when you're down two goals you don't run a guy with set point 1 seconds left. philly starting pitchers came into last night with the best e.r. a.in baseball. just over two runs a game. philly's bes

and then alex ovechkin. the caps 4-1 to take a 2-0 series lead.here, great job and unbelievable stuff. i think we could be a little bit more aggressive. get on their defense a littlette bit better. maybe tonight wasn't our best game. thanks to you guys, you cheer uu on and that's the big thing for us. > wing 4-1 is not your best game. there have been professional be games in d.c. dating back to the league's original league in the 1800s. in all the years no d.c. baseball team has started the season 9-1 until this year's nats. the philly fanatic doing w can do to. two runners on, bryce harper after a towering homerun lasta night hits a towering fly ball. this should be an easy out. he drops the ball.rops that allows michael to score. and the phillies pitcher is liks you got to be kidding me. the next batter, ryan zimmerman, he says one through the middle.l that brings anthony rendon. a triple into the corner that's going to score a run.un. and then max jeerser in the fourth, yes, the pitchen drivesv in two. the nats crews to an 8-# victory he was ve

then really in the think, alex ovechkin he's out there to oh gee.ens tied it with over 11 minutes left in regulation the it's tied up 3-36789 the skinshs going for a wide receiver josh o docks son out of tcu. the skins trading down a 21st pick for the texans pick. pi the fifth year senior was aas first team all american. sports illustrated going so far as comparing him to giants star odel beck ham, jr. welcome to d.c., josh. finally, baseball, chilly, misty for a late afternoon finale between the nats and the philliess. it was four years ago day that bryce harper made his debut. what does he do, strikes out. scoreless head nothing the he ninth. then jonathan pap elk ridge upok strikes out his first batter and then cameron off comes to the plate. harper going back, can't track it the nats shut out for the seconh straight day. day they are swept by the phyllis and they begin a road trip tri tomorrow t at st. louis. fox5 local news at 11 starts right now. this is fox5 local news at 11. right now the at 11, the bizarre tv station standoff at the center