ovechkin's game. changes the double-shift here from alexander seguin. quick wrist shot off the crossbar. rubbing his head there. ovechkin skater, dale hunter recognizes and using him. >> see more of him in overtime? >> you'll see a ton of ovechkin in overtime. the jump is there, excitement is there and seven shots on goal in the game. >> we made a lot of boston's big guns not putting up big numbers. are the bruins so dangerous because so many guys can be used? >> scoring by committee. never more evident than this afternoon. rich peverley one of the most underrated forwards. watch the hustle. this is great stuff by a guy that wins the draw here. hustles to the front of the net. gets the redirect goal and bruins on the board. another guy i think is the most underrated defenseman is andrew ference. he turned into a terrific defender and knows how to jump up in the play. take a chance on occasion. this is why they are where they are at. bruins made it interesting thanks to ference and peverley. >> we are headed towards overtime. philadelphia is the first team in the east to move on. virtuoso

ovechkin's game. changes the double-shift here from alexander seguin. quick wrist shot off the crossbar. rubbing his head there. ovechkin skater, dale hunter recognizes and using him. >> see more of him in overtime? >> you'll see a ton of ovechkin in overtime. the jump is there, excitement is there and seven shots on goal in the game. >> we made a lot of boston's big guns not putting up big numbers. are the bruins so dangerous because so many guys can be used? >> scoring by committee. never more evident than this afternoon. rich peverley one of the most underrated forwards. watch the hustle. this is great stuff by a guy that wins the draw here. hustles to the front of the net. gets the redirect goal and bruins on the board. another guy i think is the most underrated defenseman is andrew ference. he turned into a terrific defender and knows how to jump up in the play. take a chance on occasion. this is why they are where they are at. bruins made it interesting thanks to ference and peverley. >> we are headed towards overtime. philadelphia is the first team in the east to move on. virtuoso

alexander ovechkin. he's battled through a lot. constant physical pressure from dennis seidenberg and zdeno chara. boston, it's an easier game for them to play here because they get the last change. chara and seidenberg relishing the opportunity to play against ovechkin. >> mike: we have a stoppage that occurs after the halfway point for the tending of the ice. three shots for alexander ovechkin tonight. four hits registered. that's 11 in the series. and four total shots for him. planning the rest of your day and your weekend? like hockey? join us. ottawa and the rangers tonight at 7:00, nbc sports network. san jose and st. louis tonight, 7:30 on cnbc. chicago and phoenix tonight at 10:00 on nbc sports network. nashville -- detro nashville/detroit on nbc at noon. followed by philadelphia and pittsburgh at three. >> pierre: by the way this is going, we just might make it to philadelphia on time. >> mike: we are in an amtrak city. it is a longer train ride than you might normally have on a sunday. but that's another way of getting th

alexander ovechkin. he's battled through a lot. constant physical pressure from dennis seidenberg and zdeno chara. boston, it's an easier game for them to play here because they get the last change. chara and seidenberg relishing the opportunity to play against ovechkin. >> mike: we have a stoppage that occurs after the halfway point for the tending of the ice. three shots for alexander ovechkin tonight. four hits registered. that's 11 in the series. and four total shots for him. planning the rest of your day and your weekend? like hockey? join us. ottawa and the rangers tonight at 7:00, nbc sports network. san jose and st. louis tonight, 7:30 on cnbc. chicago and phoenix tonight at 10:00 on nbc sports network. nashville -- detro nashville/detroit on nbc at noon. followed by philadelphia and pittsburgh at three. >> pierre: by the way this is going, we just might make it to philadelphia on time. >> mike: we are in an amtrak city. it is a longer train ride than you might normally have on a sunday. but that's another way of getting th

zanon jostled off by alexander ovechkin. then speared away from him by pouliot. corvo with it.again by chimera. so thomas will hook it around with a big goal stick. trouble came there for zanon. stepping by was gregory campbell. able to lob one back across. daniel paille flipped one along. skipped away from the reach of campbell. knifed across by alzner. carlson able to play it ahead. dreked back in by hendricks. moving back to that is aucoin. aucoin tried to center. in the way, corvo. coming by and tumbling down to the ice was hendricks. sees it taken back on by thornton. centered around and kicked on across to be played further and carried back out by joel ward. grinder guys are out there now. carlson had it left behind. paille tries to play further and able to muscle it back toward the washington end. >> pierre: that's where carlson just has to get it deep. he's lucky there was a tired bruins fourth line on the ice. >> mike: gets on to backstrom with a step and a drive. and looking behind was thomas as it rattled loose and kicked out of play. >> pierre: we saw chris kelly en

. >> reporter: i want your take on alexander ovechkin.en kind of quiet and has turned it up. does he have to gift his game up one rung higher? >> you need your stars to get your stars. ovie had one goal and that was great and all, but you need him to be your star if you're going to pull this out in a hostile environment. >> reporter: who has the advantage heeding back to beantown wednesday? >> i -- heading back to beantown wednesday? >> i think it's boston heading home, but the caps are still 4- 1 up in boston. so the caps know how to play on the road up there. >> reporter: nobody does it better, appreciate your time. we'll see you a bit later tonight as well. back to you in the studio. caps lose. game 7 is wednesday night. >> thanks so much. we'll see you and sky later this evening. >>> heading to more games today, the pennsylvania rivalry is done for now. the flyers were too much for the penguins today. the penguins ousted in six games, this one 5-1. philly moving on. >>> all right. the nationals got an unexpected day off. today's final

alexander ovechkin with a quick shot. he shoots, he scores. tied at three.en in overtime, tyler seguin. slides it past the goalo. bruins win, 4-3. >>> another game in which the penguins needed a win to stay alive. pens and flyers. claude giroux crushes sidney crosby. hits 87. bam. seconds later, he does what he does best. how about a little wrister. right here. beat marc-andre fleury. flyers win, 5-1, advancing to the second round of the playoffs. how about that? that is some day. boy, busy day in sports. we'll have more coming up in the 6:00 hour. that will do it for now. diane, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> when we come back, wild omho rses in the houth bay? we'll exsoplain. pl >>> dozens of wild burros and horses were up for adoption in san jose. they come from northeastern california, nevada and the bureau of land management is in charge of the horse adoption program and held it today near calero reservoir in south san jose. the horses were let go in thad area about 100 years ago but recently have been causing some problems so it falls to the federal

alexander ovechkin, lighting the lamp. the caps have the 2-1 lead in the second period. later in the period, daniel paille, dragging the rebound. puts it back in. game tied at 2-2. third period, shot is out. brian rolston puts in the rebound. and bruins were up 3-2. light on the break-away. he would get denied. game tied at 3-3, now. under three minutes to go. bruins on the power play. zdeno chara, shot. save. and the whistle, wouldn't you know it. milan lucic and matt hendricks, they go at it. lucic, would get to the penalty box. making it now four-on-four. mere seconds later. chara, one-timing. wristing it home. and the bruins go on to win, 4-3. and they are now up 2-1 games in the series. >>> and the red sox, appearing twice this week on espn and espn2. first, wednesday night at 7:00 eastern on espn2. the red sox take on josh hamilton and the two-time defending a.l. texas rangers. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on espn, the sox host derek jeter and the yankees. both games available on espn3, and the watch espn app. >>> coming up next, the first lady reveals her prom pic

preserve the core for the weekend now it's not entirely clear whether or not current boyfriend alexander ovechkin was consulted over how to play on ice but world number twenty one maria kirilenko seemed calm about the state of the court well it's something different and i never heard about it you know the big game for the clay court and i was but so it's ok let's just finish with practice and. it'll be a case of experience versus determination when these two teams meet on saturday and sunday and despite the hundred today russians and when service plays came to prove otherwise michael r.t. moscow. and finally the london olympics may be less than one hundred days away but russia is already preparing for the following games in rio in twenty sixteen gulf will be included for the first time in a race is on to find russian players to compete i mean charles has more. russia's biggest golf and star married or china is currently taking a break from the sport but more young talent is coming through one promising prospect is russian national runner up the dinner of support he's just sixteen and would turn t

preserve the court for the weekend now it's not entirely clear whether or not current boyfriend alexander ovechkin was consulted over how to play on ice but world number twenty one maria kirilenko seemed calm about the state of the force well it's something different and i never heard about it you know that they're going for the clay court and i was but so it's ok i just finished the preface. it will be a case of experience versus determination when these two teams meet on saturday and sunday and despite the pundits they bring russia to win serbia's plays a king to prove otherwise might have taken r.t. moscow. another news five more russian swimmers have grabbed place is that the london olympics six time world record holder give in among them after winning the hundred metres butterfly at the national championships in moscow he just beat nicolas walks off into second place but both put the required qualification time and they will be joined in london by a cardiac unit and vladimir morris often took gold and silver and one hundred metres backstroke while alexander taken off on the four hundred meter

to the course for the weekend now it's not entirely clear whether or not current boyfriend alexander ovechkin was consulted over how to play on ice but world number twenty one maria kirilenko seemed calm about the state of the court something different and i never heard about him over there going for the quicker than i was but so it's ok let's just finish with practice and. it'll be a case of experience versus determination when these two teams meet on saturday and sunday and despite pundits favoring russia to win service plays i came to prove otherwise might have changed r.t. moscow. on to swimming now and six time world record holder you have any competition has won the one hundred metres butterfly of a national championships in moscow to join five other russians and qualify for the summer's longer then fix all that of these can just be cynical i saw it so that both recorded the required olympic qualification time and joined in mind by the upturn in the the me about as not also the respective he took gold and silver in the one hundred metres i'm straight out front i think on the one four hu

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now, when you get nicky backstrom back, alexander semin plays well and alexander ovechkin, if holtbyre, we might just get an upset. don't believe me. list tonight guys. >> both teams battling. that is just playoffs. that is the way it should be. every team, you got to perform and play hard out there. both team are blocking shots, you know, and being tough in front of the net. you describe it as great for the fans. >> everyone here has been in good spirits. i think that was a huge win for our confidence. everyone is a little bit happier today than after the last game. everyone played well. it got everyone going for tomorrow. >> game three tonight back at the verizon center. i'm going out to catch up on that. >>> our washington nationals suffered a rare loss, first loss of the season at home but maybe there was some home could being going the other way. watch some of these questionable calls. this is in the first inning with two outs. this is an easy roller to short. desmond throws a little bit high but you see that laroche comes down with his foot clearly on the bag. it is not close.

alex ovechkin helped the cause with his 37th goal of the season. and alexanderept his scoring streak alive with an insurance goal late in the third. bruce likes who guaranteed a playoff run says the win gives them a fresh start. >> as hockey players this is really when it gets fun. so it's been up and down. we've been able to maintain sort of level heads throughout it. and we're into the playoffs which is where we want to be. >> that's right. it is the fifth straight year the caps have made the playoffs. they wrap up the regular season saturday in new york against the rangers. we're waiting to see what seed the caps will be in the playoffs. they could be the third seed, seventh, eighth, depending how things turn out. go, caps. excited they're in the playoffs. >> they are in. a good thing. yesterday, the nationals won, too. the season opener. it is a good day for washington spo sports. >> like it. tom? >>> we could play hockey outside, it's cold enough for it. near freezing much of the region. later today, though, up around 60 degrees. that's a little bit cooler

alexander semin was there sacrificing his body to block shots. you don't see that every day with the capitals. >> real quick alex ovechkin only has one assist so fary reason to be worried? >> i wouldn't say. so he looked better last game. he was more instead of hitting people in the first game, he was shooting the puck. brooks laich and troy brower will free him up and with the caps having the last pairing to go onto the ice tonight, they get to match their lines more and he'll be away from seidenberg for at least the beginning of the ice time after the face-off tonight. >> reporter: we'll hear from the players and dale hunter coming up later in sports. we're live at the verizon center. back to you guys. >>> not sure, why but a lot of people like to read the obituary pages. >> michael blanchard had some definite feelings about his life, so before he died he wrote a draft of his obituary. >> now the colorado man's blunt obituary to say the least is become being the talk of the web it. reads in part he enjoyed booze, guns, cars and younger women until the day he died and then it goes on to say he died as a result of being stubborn, refusing to follo

ovechkin. his 37th of the year. caps are up, 2-0, now. late in the third, caps up 3-2. alexander puts away the game, 4-2.res' loss to the flyers means the caps are in the playoffs. needless to say everybody's happy. >> as hockey players this is really when it gets fun. so it's been up and down but we've been able to maintain sort of level heads throughout it and we're into the playoffs which is where we want to be. >> it feels great. i mean, like i said before, that's what you work for. i mean, you know, to accomplish that tonight was huge and we got to still take care of the last game. you never want to lose a game going into the playoffs. you want to go into the playoffs on a winning note. >> we'd have liked to be able to do it a couple games ago but as a result, you know, going into the final weekend, we needed a couple points to win and to be able to clinch it home and salute the fans tonight, i know they've been through a lot of hardships and ups and downs this season as we have so it's nice to be able to clinch here at home. >> don't those guys really look like dudes you do not want to get mad at a

ovechkin is one of the best players in the league. he has to work on how to go for the bortds. he fell on his wallet and the caps were even better. alexandershington the lead, capitals beat the bruins 2-1. >>> nba, dwight howard done for the season. he'll undergo surgery for a herniated disc in his back and miss the entire postseason and olympics in july. >>> match up of eastern power , in miami, both with a chance to lock down the top seed. lebron wasn't having it. 15 points in the first quarter alone and then in the third the circus was in town, the acrobatic shot fell, james had 27, the heat won it 83-72. >>> the nhl playoffs are in full swing but the only hat trick of the night was on the diamond. the yankees curtis branderson hit three home runs against the twins. matched the career high with five hits. he powered the yankees to 7-6 win. that's your first look at sports, i'm fred roggin. >> now for another look at the weather here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning once again, bill. >> the drought buster potentially. >> no kidding. >> especially up in new england this weekend. sunday into monday. as far as what we're looki

alexander puts the caps on the board first. then the second period things got started quick. a score for boston but 13 seconds later alex ovechkin gets it under the glove of tim thomas. caps up 2-16789 the bruins not going away, though. they get two more past hopi. caps tie it up at 3. two minutes left in the game. one to go past. bruin takes game three 4-3. >> it's just hard work. it's not that we're not doing it. it's just we know as a group -- [indiscernible] >> somebody has to one and somebody has to lose. >> i think we played all right. we need to do better. >> caps not the only game in town last night. nats facing the astros. stephen strasburg in his home debut. the nats came back in the 6th. nats win this 6-3. gonzalez will take the mound against the astros tonight. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great day. >>> the wizards playing on the road with one of the league's top teams last night. washington in chicago tied at 75 in the 4th quarter john wall on the last break the jam. >> wall down the lane, pitches. there's the duck. >> very nice. seconds left. the wizards win 87-84. >>> hundre