championship team, not just a good team. >> now the new man behind the capitals' bench this season is barry trotzhe may be new, but he is a seasoned coach. trotz came from nashville with 16 years of head coaching experience under his belt. he knows he has a talented group here in d.c. that's capable of winning it all. >> there is a very good group here. a lot more than i even expected, so i've been pleasantly surprised at the group as how good of people they are. they're good people. that want to get better. put their egos aside and hopefully winning hockey games and doing something special. >> reporter: now new head coach barry trotz, he's going to be with one without one of his talented defenseman, mike green, not playing due to an upper body injury. puck drops tonight dependence the canadians at 7:00. you can watch the game on comcast sports net. dianna, back to you in the studio. >> good to have the boys of winter back out on the ice. >>> a big trip to arizona for the washington redskins this weekend. tight end jordan reed is expected to play this sunday, his only second game he's been in the

the new sheriff in town is barry trotz, the new head coach of the washington capitals. third all-time in games coached and wins. i had a chance to talk earlier with a rhone rhone -- one-on-one and asked him how the guys are responding to the new head coach. he says they pretty much love the guy. >> this is the most prepared guy i've ever seen and he's very clear what he wants from you. he tells you what he wants and what your role is going to be and it's just on you to execute it. he's a very professional guy. you can tell he's been in the league for a while, something we can't -- haven't had around here. makes it fun to play. >> caps fans have to be happy that brooks is back. more on him coming up in sports at 6:20. back to you many. >> thank you. the redskins in a prolonged slump are trying desperately to stay positive but now they have to play first-place arizona, one of the most underrated teams, i think, in the national football league this season. it will be a tough road trip. >> they're going to be hungry. they got some guys banged up. got some guys banged up the

ticking for ovy he will win the sports ultimate prize we hope so he wants us to know he's buying what barry trotzis selling. >> he's a guy that tells you the truth all the time and the guys respect that and he wants to win like everybody. >> i'm in the perfect situation, where players want to get better they're not worried about their egos they're put their egos aside for the common good to win a hockey game and hopefully do something special. >> each year he gets grayer. thing is...our crazy tax code actually rewards companies... for shipping them overseas. it's wrong and i'm fighting to fix it. i'm mark warner...i brought republicans and democrats... together on a bill that gives incentives to companies that... bring high tech and manufacturing jobs to virgina. because instead of outsourcing jobs to china...we should be... insourcing them here for our people...and thats why i... approved this messe. >>> $37,000, that's the winning bid for a must be one of the kind auction item. someone spent that money for a pair of willie nelson's braids, the ones he cut off in the 80s when he still had red ha

i know it's early, barry trotz e d the chance to feel what it's t time as a head coach for washington. a memorable night for him and for the three swedish players on the team. that's because all three scored tonight. ovechkin and the caps try to hand the devils their first loss of the season. didn'te long to get on the scoreboard. 38 seconds in, sound the horn. his fifth goal of the season, ovi off to a h thi season. later first period, tied at one, buried it into the net, his first goal of the season, caps back on top 2-1. second per tied at two. caps with the puck here. to johansen, just outside the circle, number two of the season for him. caps take the lead, go on to win it. and afterwards, talking about the goalie and his 26 saves tonight. >> to get the lead but also on top of his time. so it's always nice when you feel great. >> it's not from fancy plays, fancy passes. but it's wearing them down and tiring them out so that they caep us anymore. and that's what we did. >> all r, next game saturday at home against the panthers. >>> baseball playoffs, the san francio giants looking

new coach barry trotz laments a missed opportunity. >> you had them on the floor and you couldn't knock them out. give them credit, they were resilient, the canadiens, and as i say, they sort of crawled their way back into the game. and full marks to them. it's just that we dominated so much in the first period. i think they woke up a little bit. obviously some things we could have done better to give ourselves a better chance to win a hockey game, got to work on it. >> we talk about a fresh start here. caps led the nhl regular season in shootouts. and here they are again, game one in a shoot-out. >> but this one doesn't turn out so well. >> the caps will play the bruins next on saturday. to the diamond now, game one of alcs starts up tomorrow at camden yards. as the o's took batting practice today, there was a familiar face back on the field. that first baseman chris davis talking to buck showalter and taking a few swings. davis is not eligible to come off suspension until at least game 6. meanwhile, the rest of the team focused on the present, and they are happy to be playing in front

. >> reporter: under a new head coach barry trotz and a new g.m.he new regime has brought with it a new mind set. >> they came in as a young group, had good success and tried it one way. a couple of times. they realized it's not working. i think they just matured. they're a group that's very conscious of where they want to be. they're just looking for a way to get there. >> reporter: with the renewed emphasis on defense, it's the blue collar mentality the caps believe willrya stanley cup. >> the first goal should always be to make the playoffs. i think we have the team to do it. think with the new staff, the new focus, you're going to see guys giving everything they've got to do that, to accomplish that. once you get in the dance, once you get in the playoffs, you can go on a run. i'm saying we're going to the finals and we'll see what happens from there. >> a bold statement made there. they feel like they have the pieces in place adding a couple of defensemen there over the off-season. they feel they have a complete team. >> there's always ovechki

as opposed to years past, they are playing far more physical hockey this year under head coach barry trotzw one of the big pickups from the off season for the caps, it had to be former penguins defensem defe defens orpik, second only to alex ovechkin in hits. his teammates have definitely taken notice of his play. >> we've always had guys like olve go out and make hits that you can see and hear and everyone gets excited. but we have a d-man now that does it. so a little more well-rounded now, but playing more physical style. >> we have added some key guys to help fill that void a little bit. i think a lot of guys are just chipping in, obviously a lot of guys that came in had good energy, physicality i think in our own zone. a lot stronger for sure. i think that's been creating ourselves to get pucks out early and limiting the scoring chances. >> reporter: let's move over to baseball now. game three of the alcs in kansas city. the orioles, they find themselves in a 2-0 hole against the royals. they're on the wrong side of history. no team has come back after losing the first two games at ho