alexander semin.nd then some rough stuff interrupts the celebration. >> craig: a lot of pushing and shoving after this one. the screen on this play on a wicked start from alexander semin. the montreal canadiens not happy with the turn of events. there's a lot of pushing and shoving going on. the fans going crazy in washington with a 2 goal lead. >> joe: washington capitals the fewest numbers of fighting this year. alexander semin scoring just 36 seconds after eric fehr. >> craig: here's the pass. there's the shot. markov and gill. there's the extra push and there he gets knocked down and there's pouliot going right after him. watch pouliot go there and give him an extra shot and that's when semins turns around and trips him up. >> joe: alexander semin taking a page from the new captain, alex ovechkin. he shot it through the legs of the defender and the goalie. >> craig: it's going to be tom poti who has the seat. the caps have jumped out to a two-goal lead. >> joe: scott gomez boxed in for montreal. t

alexander semin has two.himera and erskine joining him on the scoreboard as well as knuble and brendan morrison who start the spree. taveras saucer pass knocked out of the air. david steckel didn't roam very far with it. washington still missing simeon varlamov and tom poti and -- brian pothier and pothier was on the ice this morning. gordon to turn. dipietro along his side made the save. >> craig: that was a nice burst of speed by bradley and even better pass to gordon off the far side. being a right shot, it's hard to collect and shoot in one motion. >> joe: moulson. crossing up there. gervais sends in it. at a point position, sutton. lost it there in the just to bradley. [ whistle ] >> joe: offside, washington on the on the rush. morgan franklin pivotal play, locker. let's go back to goal number three for dc. >> craig: they got them clos 2- 1. here comes mike knuble driving the net on a great feed by tomas fleischmann. he just works. he works in the paint. it might take him two or three whacks at that time

leads it to alexander semin. like fired with. rebound gets away from green and back to semin. 24 seconds to work in the opening period. brandon diving into the action. nice action. [ laughter ] >> joe: 4 seconds. this 1st period comes to its conclusion. caps and canadiens no score. michal neuvirth and carey price with a clean slate after one. washington trying to break out of a three game losing skid. scoreless after 20. intermission live. al koken will speak with brian pothier. the washington capitals, red, white, and blue and a new letter c on the jersey. and i lo-- ( stutters ) so cute! i loooo... i loooo... i loooo... - another miller lite? - i'd love one. - do you love the taste of your beer this much? - thank you. - what? well, you could. try the great pilsner taste of a triple hops brewed miller lite. taste greatness. you're gorgeous, look at you, i loooov you! hos15% or more on car to geico insurance?e you host: is ed "too tall" jones too tall? nurse: i'm just gonna guesstimate. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or

first, alexander semin, blocks the shot. two-zero capitals. mike green got the steel before the end of that, and the capitals go on to win, 8-1. >>> if you were among those attending the verizon center day watching the georgetown hoyas, you may have thought the game was over. the uconn was cruising. georgetown up by one, 33 points. less than one minute, uconn up by one. on rose shot is blocked, but the hoyas are up by one. -- 1 rove's shot is blocked. it looks like the boy is will turn it over. uconn gets a chance to get the ball back? maybe not. monroe gets it, the lead is 3. last shot to tie, stanley robinson, open 3, georgetown wins. >> felt it was all lost. we did not do what we were supposed to, how we were supposed to do it in the first half. but we knew if we took care of it we had a chance. the guys did a good job of focusing. it is terrific. >>> tim brant calling the uva-nc state game. virginia wins 70-62. >> good george mason pulling away from unc-wilmington. george mason has won five of their last seven. >>> how or drops to 2-14 wit

he stopped alexander semin cold on the 201 break away. still 1-zip.e third period, detroit swarming in, the caps in, brian rafalski hard slapper, he scores 2-1 wings. it didn't take long for the caps to answer. nicklas backstrom great individual effort. past odds good the game is tied at 2. 46 seconds ladder washington on the attack shot deflected. dave steckel cleans up the mess and behind 44 saves from jose theodore the caps win it 3-2. for more on the game let's go back to verizon center. lisa hillary is live. lisa, dave steckel scored the game winner but you can't say enough about the performance of jose theodore. >> reporter: no question. just an exciting game all around. yes, jose theodore certainly kept his team in it. but again the washington caps out shot, and they were definitely out played throughout much of this game. 15 minutes it took for the caps to register a shot on net. jose theodore was incredible as i said. he bailed out his team on a number of occasions. the capitals mustered up just three shots on net by the time that first perio

alexander semin hooking up with mike cream. got his 11th and his 12th in this hockey game. that's our game summary. joe: 4-1 tampa bay after the first. washington battles back and makes it 5-4 through two. and a flap shot from foster rings up another one for the bolts, 6-4 at the mom with 1218 to go in regulation. malone gets one high and theodore gets it back to beat jason chimera. craig: good quickness by theo. bounces to jason chimera. not a lot of stage on this one by theo had to be quick and ready. nice snare with his has increased his skating and his speed. backstrom off and power play coming and downnie draws the penalty. coming right at you. that's an easy call. right into the numbers. backstrom will have it and downie taking a look by the trainers in tampa bay. joe: the most important penalty killing. washington wins the draw. podi will clear on down. just tuning in with us. the nhl on sports net. glad to have you alone. washington and tampa bay have teamed up for a total of ten tallies. st.louis skitters into his favorite position on that half wall. foster playing

alexander semi ne is denied but he sticks with t. lenot be denied a second time. that is the first of two goals for semin. he now has 18 for the season. that would be more enough for the goaltender. 39 saves in all, including this beautiful stab in mid air. from there the capitals would just pour it on. nicholas backstrom adds one. 8-1 making a big winner for head coach bruce boudreau on his 55 55th birthday. it's time for your first break in the show. the n.f.l. playoffs are underway. that and more when geico sports xtra returns.  ♪ ♪ doctor says i have to lower my cholesterol. here you go, mr. noran. thanks. [ female announcer ] trying to lower your cholesterol can be a challenge. but with the help of honey nut cheerios' sweet taste, lowering your cholesterol is a non-challenge. get $2 in coupons at non-challenge.com this is really good! >>> welcome back to the show. the cowboys and eagles are playing as we speak in the nfc wild card matchup. right now it's all dallas. 34-14 late in the 4th quarter. in the afc wild card matchup, bengals hosting the jets. things started off pretty well

alexander semin right on in tries to make a backdoor pass then he scores! semin on the backhanded scores one. >> craig: again t-starts in the back check. talk about back pressure. alexander semin has been terrific on both sides of the puck and that is just a great two way goal. here comes semin. the rewind. look at the looked like brooksy coming into play ricochettes off the d. comes right back to him answered puts in a backhand on an extremely sharp angle. it's just been the way it's been going for semin of late. second goal of the night, 23rd on the season for number 28. >> joe: at 19:56, capping off a four-goal first period explosion for the capitals. mike knuble from backstrom and fleischmann on the power play at 18:13 preceded by semin and brendan morrison to bring washington's count to four. rob schremp, the lone marker for the islanders here at home. net star 1 intermission live. we are busy on comcast sportsnet. a look back to the weekend's casino night for the caps, heights and stats coming your way as well. craig laughlin and will, i see, have tele