nicky backstrom goal, which would be the game winning as they win this series. here is diane roberts with more from wells fargo center. >> reporter: caps fans breathing a sigh of relief. there will not be a game seven if they beat the flyers 1-0 here in philadelphia. players are happy with the win. >> obviously we didn't get the 3-0. we just have to fight through it. the fourth one is the hardest one. >> it is important to shut down team as we got the 1-0 lead. i thought we played pretty good. and then it got a little tough in the third, but we are controlling the lead. and so we put it off. >> reporter: players will allow themselves one day to think about this win and then they will start thinking about the next opponent the familiar foe that the pittsburgh penguins. from philadelphia diane roberts wusa9 sports. >>> and now no word yet on game one against pittsburgh the caps will have home ice advantage. we'll have much more coming up in sports. again, caps move on to the next round of the playoffs. >> everyone breathes a sigh of relief. no one wanted to hear a

backstrom back in the lineup after missing the last three games with an upper body injury.e was hurt in that game against the flyers last week. he didn't miss practice time. his head coach completely understands his value. >> you know, as always the face the face, too. so getting him back i would say gives us a little more depth and options. >> we want to finish up strong and play good hockey. we have to turn it on pretty soon. it will be a different game in the playoffs. it's something we want to be ready. >> reporter: it's great to see nicholas backstrom back and healthy. the puck drops tonight against pittsburgh at 17:00. it's been a busy sports day, especially here locally. we will go out to nat's park right now. they had home opener against the miami marlins, what a day it was at nat's park, manager, dusty baker. we're seeing a warm welcome from national's fans. bryce harper receiving his mvp award and presented with the key to the city for the game. daniel murphy is still making noise, here he is of the 1st, it stays in the park, though, it clears the bases, that is m

and niklas backstrom shoots. that's the one goal against michael neuvirth that made it 1-0 nine minutes into the second period. the flyers couldn't do anything, michael neuvirth kept them in the game, 28 saves on the 29 shots. he did a terrific job and he had to face a five one three but the flyers lose it 1-0, series four games to two. you can't win if you don't score. >> for me, it's obviously it's unfortunate we didn't win. it's what you take. went win. we're not, you know, we're satisfied but we're not satisfied. we know we can be better. i think this will be a learning experience for our group. >> it's going to have to be a learning experience because it's now on to next season. i'm sure there will be a few things not many that happened in the off season. the flyers did have a real chance to get things started. they had the five one three didn't get it done. we'll take a look at that. more highlights and hear from more of the players in the locker room. that will be coming up in sports. >> sounds good. let's

nicklas backstrom lights the lamp. 1-0 caps. it's almost over.t over a minute to go in the game, the flyers with the extra skater on the final try and they cannot penetrate braden holtby. cap's shutout the flyers, and they face the penguins next round. the nats, series finale against the twins today. bottom of the eight, the twins up 4-1. , wilson ramos, a shot to right center, into the gap. well, i guess that was just the harper home run. by the way, that game went 16 minutes, the longest game in franchise history. a final note, erin hawksworth is back for "abc 7 sports sunday from philly. kimberly: we have lots of sports coming up, don't go to sleep. robert: we will have highli woman #1: because qualifications count more than money. woman #2: because my vote is earned, not bought. woman #3: because grassroots power can stop big money. man #1: because jamie has always been a progressive. on campaign finance reform. woman #4: and jamie's the only candidate who's done more than talk. man #3: because he's the only one who's actually written major p

that's when backstrom and michael neuvirth 72 straight shots stopped nearly 110 minutes. the flyers tried but could not get on the board. got shut out 1-0. the flyers season ends after a fantastic run just to get in the playoffs now they're looking towards next season, first year coach dave hakstol said he learned what it meant to be a flyer. >> one of the foundations of it is going out competing, competing the right way, night in and out and i think if you look down the stretch of what this group went out -- went out and did, they lived up true to that. we pushed awful hard for the last really the last three, four months. if you look all the way back to, you know, somewhere around january first, january 5th. it's been a hard push. we haven't been able to take our foot off the gas. there won't be one guy in our room that rests on that. we came into the series to win the series. we came into today's game to win game six and move on to game seven. you know, we came up short on that. >> after the game, flyers fans had a standing ovation for the team and a let's go flyers cha

that was courtesy of backstrom in the second period. victory as they celebrate the win in advance to the playoffs much more coming up on game on overtime. >> it was a hard series. that we've got a 3-0 lead. they're a great team, they bounce back. and they obviously knew that it was there and it is unbelievable, making only two goals. but you know, that we'll kema it and move forward. >> reporter: that's right. we'll take it and move forward. how about this, nearly a six- hour game for the nats as they finally took care of minnesota in 16 innings. the hero, the walk-off homer to get sweep of minnesota. all right, let's go racing, toyota 400 in richmond, 19 cars. nice move to overtake kyle busch that would take the checkered flag in richmond. some moves for you this past week as they will show you a new head man who is either the right man for the jobs as we will discuss that and much more coming up next in game on coertime. kevin durant? >> everyone is talking about it, we'll see. what do you think? >> i still think that there is a chanc

scoreless still, the capitals strike first and it's a short while and alexander ovechkin and nicholas backstrom and he allowed two goals on 105 shots he faced in three starts during the series and this young fan trying to breathe life into the orange and black. nothing doing. the shot from the point gets through and with a couple of chances on the doorstep. >> that kind of day for the orange and black. frustrating afternoon for the flyers and they lose 1-0 and lose the series with 4-2. with more, here's john clark. >> the flyers only scored six goals in this six-game series. they were 1 for 24 on the power play, but they fought back being down 3-0 against the best team in hockey and michael noiberg was fan taft nick goal and they just being aren't get enough offense for them. enough run to support the series and that's no secret and they play well for us throughout the whole series and it is enough gels. >> was to get a goal on the power play, and they've had a lot of chances in the third. it was execution on our part, and it was to snap him off and that was about it. >> as the season ended, fl

nicklas backstrom to ovie, winds, fires, scores, number 50, a hat trick. the caps win 4-1. braden holtby picks up his 49th win of the year, tying martin brodeur for the most in a season. jordan greatest around, and it neither did corey mcilroy -- rory mcilroy. he shanked it. way short. into the drink. thursday? rory double bogeyed the hole. jordan spieth, up and down. he knocks in the birdie putt, moving six under par, but he bogeys, then on the 18th his tee shot goes way right come into the trees. he would double bogey 18. he still leads at three under par. this is awesome. whomber the little girl cried when she learned that a blair was traded to washington? he sent her a care package, and earlier today this video. poster forhe oshie play the hornets tomorrow at noon. kellye: playing for pride. thank you, robert. but jamie raskin is the only democrat for congress o's authored landmark ogressive laws -- marriage equality, equal pay for women,

nicklas backstrom also a star of the show. he scored 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-

the backhander, right through the old wickets. 2-0 ,ow 2-1, another power play nicklas backstrom to alexvechkin, his first goal of the postseason. the caps win again, topping the flyers 4-1. with the victory, washington takes care of business at home. they now lead the series 2-0 heading to philly monday. robert burton joins us from the verizon center. cap's power play has been a difference maker this series. are right, scott. you will probably see even more power plays, guys in the box more because of penalties. it's the playoffs, things get more feisty, especially against teams like the flyers. however, let's talk about the m.v.p. of the night, braden holtby, the beloved netminder, 18 career playoff wins, 41 saves on the night. the ree penalty kill was the highlight. >> that's a big kill for us. guys. say enough for the the penalty kill guys to making through forest. robert: heading to philly 2-0, feel-good? good spot. are in a we took care of business at home. it will get harder, though. it always does. we should be excited about the challenge to go on the road and hopefully we steal

it was a scoreless game untilnt the second period when some nice passing to niklas backstrom turned things around. he buries it. his second of the series put the caps up one to zero and that's all they needed. in the final seeds of the the game the flyers can't score and the caps move on to the second round. we wanted to close it in four,o, five, six. si it comes to the sixth game,ame, they're not going to go down easy. we knew that. and that's a good team oveream there and a hard-working team.m. and so to close it out in six, it was huge. obviously now we look forward to round two.ro coming into the series i probably looked at it was goings to be a long series. it wasn't going to four and out. when we got to 3 and 0 we really surprised ourselves. i think it's finished up the way we expected it to be. > it sure did.sure there was a little l nervousness, not last night, but things did work out today. next up for the caps they will be in pittsburgh playing the penguins. the schedule has not p beenn release yet, but game one and two will be here in d.c. > donald trump makes a campaign stop ia

paying more attention to back sfr backstrom.e can make everything work if they take away his ability, that will make it more effective. power play is a different animal. they have not done a good job. the reason being is the washington capitals chase. they go after the puck. the flyers have not responded to this at all. as a result, you have seen the result. it's not very good. so something has to change. there's got to be a different thought process for the system for that power play to be effective. that's going to be huge in the game today. >> offensively the flyers need to pick it up. last game they got an empty netter, and the puck went off the skate and ryan white got credit. so does claude giroux need to step up? is this a captain's game? >> yeah, claude giroux has to be more involved, wayne simmondays has to be more involved and nobody thought this team would be where they're at now. because they're here, because of the contributions of the people outside that number one line. here is the day when you need the big boys t

no score, backstrom beat michael neuvirth, that will give the caps a 1-0 lead. the fly guys could not get the puck, he turned away 26 shots and recorded his second shut-out of the series as the flyers came to an end. >> it's unfortunately we didn't win. that's what you take. went win, obviously, we're not -- we're satisfied but we're not satisfied. we know we can be better. >> unfortunately, we didn't. you know, like i said, it's been a tough series. a lot of battling. they played good, and i think we did hard. >> hard to win a series when you score just six goals and one on a power play in the series but the future is bright for the flyers. >> they still looked good. >> it was a lot to accomplish. >> thank you. >>> early on it did look like dave hakstol first year in charge might be a forgetable one but the flyers turned it around with late run and provided a lot of thrills along the way. that was the recurring themes of the fans we spoke with. >> i didn't even think we we were going to make the playoffs. that's a bonus in and of itself. we got young talent com

backstrom, only goal of the game. ove and the caps move on to play the pittsburgh penguins in the second round. in double overtime, john tavarez the captain stuffs it in. they eliminate the panthers. capitals and penguins. and islanders versus lightning. >>> good morning, america. >> fighting mood. >> we got our dukes up. we're ready to go. >>> you have saw steph curry, you remember daughter riley, everybody remembers her for being that charming kid. a basketball player's kid stole the show at a postgame conference. >> adorbs. >> isaiah is the greatest basketball player. >> everyone is my pick. >> look at them running off like they did something wrong. >> so cute. >> basketball. greatest basketball player. >> declaring their father their greatest basketball player. he scored 28 points in the team's win against the hawks. i love that. >> they should do all of the press conferences that way. >> wouldn't that be great? >>> next up in the pulse, beyonce's new album isn't coming to itunes after all, only one place to get i

second period nicholas backstrom beats neuvirth, first gel in a hundred minutes. flyers down one to nothing. it feels like ten to nothing. flyers struggling to even shoot. they get shots on brayden holtby. they had a two minute two man advantage, for five minutes. final second one last shot, so close. but flyers shut out for second time in the playoffs losing one to nothing, for flyers, they're limb nateed. >> it is in the good enough. you know, it is pretty frustrated. we've got to find a way. it doesn't matter how it is. we have to find a way. >> it is disappointing but it is a great team over there we tried our best. >> sometimes you don't get the breaks. that was it. they a best team in the league all year long and, you know, i think you could see that out there. >> when you go down two to nothing it is hard to come back. but, this team showed a lot of heart, you know, and everybody gave 100 percent out there we work hard for it but it was just not enough. >> it was not. flyers get a standing ovation as they leave the ice, for the final time today, classy move

they finally got one here -- backstrom, only goal of the game.e and the caps move on to play the pittsburgh penguins in the second round. >>> the islanders are going to try to win this game to play the lightning in the second round. and they do. in double overtime, john tavares, the captain, stuffs it in in double overtime. they eliminate the panthers. capitals versus penguins. and islanders versus lightning. as the isles win in double overtime. on sunday night. >> celtics got even against the hawks at 2-2. >> good morning, america. >> fighting mood. >> we got our dukes up. we're ready to go. >>> you saw steph curry, you remember his daughter riley, everybody knows her for being that charming kid at the press conference. another basketball player's kid stole the show at a postgame press conference. >> #adorbs. isaiah thomas put his two sons in front of the microphone. take a look. >> isaiah is the greatest basketball player. >> everyone is my pick. >> look at them running off like they did something wrong. wait a minute, i'm going to do it again.

philadelphia flyers yesterdayiaf it was scoreless until therele second period and that's when nicklas backstromut the caps c on the board.he that's all they needed anddean strong defense.strong. the flyers couldn't score in s the final seconds. son the caps win one to zip ando zin move on. next up for the caps the pittsburgh penguins. the schedule has not been released 80 bet games one andam two right here in d.c. in d >> the nats setting a new teamet record this weekend in their matchup against twins. twins. bryce harper tied things up in e the ninth inning with a pinchitp hit homer sending the game the m into extra innings.in. the game would last 16 inningsgs total or five hours and 56 minutes.nu that is the longest regularegul season game in nationalsn natio history and get this. this. harper was supposed to haveoav the day off but was called up cd for the ninth when the natshe ns were down by one. final score nats win six to t five. whew. >> looks like his share giketting bigger by the game. tg >> what is that jimmy newt n tron. >> more trouble for johnny f manziel the indictment andtment p

no score, backstrom beat michael neuvirth, that will give the caps a 1-0 lead. the fly guys could not get the puck, he turned away 26 shots and recorded his second shut-out of the series as the flyers came to an end. >> it's unfortunately we didn't win. that's what you take. went win, obviously, we're not -- we're satisfied but we're not satisfied. we know we can be better. >> unfortunately, we didn't. you know, like i said, it's been a tough series. a lot of battling. they played good, and i think we did hard. >> hard to win a series when you score just s onix a power play in the series but the future is bright for the flyers. >> they still looked good. >> it was a lot to accomplish. >> thank you. >>> early on it did look like dave hakstol first year in charge might be a forgetable one but the flyers turned it around with late run and provided a lot of thrills along the way. that was the recurring themes of the fans we spoke with. >> i didn't even think we we were going to make the playoffs. that's a bonus in and of itself. we got young talent coming up. ready

niklas backstrom about nine minutes into the second period scores. the only goal of the game. neuvirth tried so hard to keep the flyers in the game. made stop after stop. 28 of 29 shots. he stopped but the flyers still couldn't score a goal. flyers obviously frustrated wayneded simmonds, you can't win if you don't score. >> it's unfortunate we didn't win. went win. obviously, we're not, you know -- we're satisfied but we're not. we can be better. i think this will be a learning experience for our group. >> well, they will have to wait till next year to learn something. there's more to look the a in this game and we will do so and hear from more of the flyers tonight on sports sunday. with the nfl draft coming up thursday, we'll look at what the eagles did this week with a big trade and draft this thursday. that will be joining us in the studio all coming up tonight on sports sunday. iain? >> look forward to that. thank you. . >>> many fans are saying a the team exceeded their expectations this season by not only making the playoff but making a series. they went from three game

caps rested several players including ovechkin, backstrom and holtby.d hol the ducks clinched the pacificei the caps. the.the. >> all right, don't have a a doing, don't have a cat but c today is national pet day. >> this day is all about celebrating the wonderful pets in your life. we want to see your pets asee yt well. here's a cute cat from one ofm e our fox5 viewers.iewers this is bella.be >> hi, bella.ella >> lounging in a laundryau basket. so tweet us, send us your adorable pet feet he toes. feete talking about dogs, cat, fish,ah whatever you got.ateverou g tweet it to us. it has been legal, though. tho > >> you can have some illegal pets. >> that's right. >> tweet us or facebook us at fox5 days. we can't wait to share your y legal pet photos. p >> do you guys have a pet. >> yes. how do y'all not have a pet. a >> i have three kids.e ki >> that's all the more reasonea not to have a pet. p >> when they learn to clean upp after themselves --els >> i'm looking this wayking because that means wisdom is wi never going to have a pet. p don't wait until the kids -- >> no.>>o. >> we're in negot

it was a scoreless game until un the second period when some nice passing to niklas backstrom turnedthings around. he buried this. back stomach's second of the series put the caps up 1-0 and d that's all they needed. in the final seconds of the game, the flyers can't score and the caps move on to the second e round. we wanted to close it in four, five, six and then it comes to the sixth game. ga they're not going to go down easy and we knew that and that's a good team over there and a hard-working team. and so to close it out in six, x it was huge. obviously now we look forward tw round two. two coming into this series i ser probably looked the going to be a long series. i wasn't going to be four and out. and when we got to 3 and 0 we surprised ourselves.urs i think it finished up the way e we expected it to be. a nice win for the team. next up for the caps will be the pittsburgh penguins. the schedule has not been be release yet, but game one and a two will be right here in d.c. go caps. > donald trump trump is in maryland just two days before voters head to the polls. we're going t

you won't see nicklas backstrom. the caps center will sit out for precautionary reasons. got dinged up against the flyers but he did skate this morning so no cause for panic for capitals fans. >>> it's now total desperation mode for the wizards. they've got seven games left including tonight. right now washington's three games back of the eastern conference's final playoff spot. wiz tip off at 10:30 on csn plus >>> no joking right now in the wizard locker room but a different story for the record-setting golden state warriors. check this out. >> two sources close to the warriors say that backup center festus ezely will be released from his contract dp. >> my teammates are texting me saying pleasure working with you. what does that mean? >> what that means, festus, ezeli is your teammates got you good. andre iguodala and his teammates pranking the backup center. everyone involved in the joke. good way to celebrate april fool's day. golden state is ahead of everyone to they got to it a day early. wizards 10:30 on csn plus. capitals 9:30 here on csn, guys. we'll send it back

nhing the capitol resting severaltol players including ovechkin och backstrom and holtby.d hol the ducksps. c now the ducks head to the d playoffsuc to face the nashville predators. >> who is coached by the caps tc former coach -- not nashville nv anaheim ducks.uc. >>> today at the verizonhe center they'll be painting aai logo for playoff hockey.ff hke >> that's cool. >> this is going to be theng toe year, right? rig >> every year is the year.is th. >> better be. >> this is the year. this is >> this is a better team. br t this is a better team, okay. happens.ppen >> i got get my cow bell out. o >> i was going say where is that bell. >> i know where it is. >> don't do it. here's the bus stop forecast for you out there. as thehe traffic picks up this morning, g the traffic, the commute is going to be compounded by, thect problems with that because ofh the rain.n. showers this morning.this 43 to 48.8. then this afternoon it'ss tern actually looking better. >> yeah. >> sunshine comes out. not completely sunny or anything like that. >> the fact there is a seventh on there makes me happy. hap

against the the philadelphia flyers yesterdayly was scoreless until the second period.od nicklas backstrom the caps on the board. b despite a last ditch efforth ef the flyers couldn't score in the final seconds.thnal so sad. the caps win one to zero. zer next up it will be the pittsburgh p the schedule has not been bee released but games one and twone will be right here in d.c. d.c >> that's how you get it done. n okay, to baseball now let'sl just say it was a marathon sunday for the nats. nat setting a new team record. rec bryce harper tied things up inrr the ninth with a pinch hitinch homer sending the game into i extra innings. innin the game would last, get this, t 16 innings or five hours 56 5 minutes.mi that is the longest regulargestr season game in nationals history. bryce harper was supposed toer have the day off by the wayff bw but was called up in the ninth. final score nats win six to five. five. >> that's how you get it on. ge. >> that's how you get it done. >> great day for d.c. sports.. s >> we'll take it. >> caps-pens i couldn't bes- morepe excited.xc >> who are you rooting

of course, we've got backstrom, some additions, williams at forward.per and stronger. >> and slapshot agrees, we're ready to go. >> how do we get involved? >> at games, at the carnegie library, that was great. >> but they're never on the ice, right? >> sometimes. >> okay. we'll be looking for you at the game tonight. slapshot, are they going to win? absolutely. >> you bring the cup back here after you win this all, okay? >> all right. >> all right, good deal. >> thank you to the red rockers. thank you for coming and being with us today. >> let's go, caps. >> let's go, caps. rock that red. we're going to becl watching what's happening in the quest for the cup right here and online. check the nbc washington app for some of the one-on-one interviews with the players, like when carol maloney talked to tjason schumera last night. >>> an invention that could keep millions safe, especially in remote parts of the world. >> it was invented by a local student from clarksburg. he showed off his creation at president obama's final white house science fair yesterda