so lopts of meanin full hockey left in this regular season and a meaning full one tonight for braden holtby. holtby becomes the second goal tend toer to play 300 games wit the capitols. only one player in nhl history has earned more wins in his first 300 games than holtby. he's also one of the most respected leaders on the team. >> he's the backbone. he's a phenomenal guy off the ice and the guy i looked up to from the first day i sat in the corner over there with him for a long time. he was comforting. he's our leader on and off the ice. great guy. >> it's harder as a goalie to fit into these leadership roles. there's that kind of space between you and the group at times. you've got to work to minimize it. throughout the years i've gained more experience to find ways to do that and make sure my ma versa. >> reporter: how about a little extra love for braden holtby tonight? the fans voting on his bobblehead for his 300th career game. looking for a little love on the hardwood, the washington wizards are on a slide right now, losing four of their last five games, including two straight losses

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shutout for braden holtby tonight. it was scoreless until the third. caps on the power play.n carlson, over to jake up vrata, nice work. cap seven now won 14 straight at the verizon center. -- the caps have now won 14 straight at the verizon center. it looked like batting practice for the nationals today, three home runs for washington, including jayson werth's first of the spring. bryce harper got in on the action, correcting one to deep center. the nationals power passes the astros, 13-1. the catch of the night, swings and loses his bat, but look at this. the prospect makes the awesome catch, then flipped the bat back. grabbing it barehanded. unbelievable. 8 is the news channel official home of d.c. united. saturday season opener is all new's channel 8, starting at 6:30. and the jets are releasing veteran wide receiver brandon marshall, at his request. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with

has a lot to do with braden holtby. miles wood on the door step but holtby closing the door not once or twice but three times. not all smooth sailing for the goalie. third period trying to clear but the ref wouldn't get out of the way. these two get tangled up. everyone would be all right. kuznetsov looking to pass. gets caught in traffic. jake ub vrana. that's all the caps needed. they win it 1-0-8, even redskins chris baker loving it. >>> now on to the redskins. a lot going on right now. general manager scott mccloughan not there due to family business. they're talking tonight one of those thins they're probably talking about, quarterback kirk cousins, the qb's agent and the team met last night. the two sides are still not close to a deal. reportedly offering cousins 20 million per year with the qb looking closer to 24. to the diamonds, nationals taking on the astros in spring training. first, two on for jayson werth. and werth smashes that ball. and the nationals out to a 4-0 lead. you think bryce harper is going to

sean couturier the puck past braden holtby. 1-0 philly. a minute later washington answers. dimitri orlov with the slap shot just outside the blue line. ties it up at 1. that sends this one to o.t. caps on the power play. nicklas backstrom. that's his 20th goal of the year. that's your game winner. caps on top 2-1. to keep their elusive home streak alive. >>> senior day for george washington. close out the season against a-10 leading dayton. matt cavanaugh playing in his last home game for the colonials. and he made it one to remember. he hits the three, then gets cavanaugh just getting warmed up. knocks down three three-pointers. back-to-back down the floor. colonials open up an 18-point lead. cavanaugh scores 30. george washington takes care. dayton 87-81. >>> maryland women looking to advance to the big ten championship game. taking on michigan state. jones finds walker kimbrough for three. bang bang. maryland takes an eight-point lead. jones was full supernova hot. she connected on 12 of 14 shots for 32 points. maryland takes a 13-point

braden holtby and washington a having their 15-game home winning streak snapped by the dallas stars lastht. up next the three-game road trip to california starting thursday in san jose. >> most importantly just to kind of get on the road with each other. these are going to be really hard games, always is going to cali. it will be a good test for us and good bonding time. >> going on the road, it will be good for us as a group. you know, playing in some hostile environments, san jose is not an easy place to go into and neither is l.a. and anaheim. >> it's going to be tough for us. we're going to have to play well to get wins out there. that's what we need. we need to be pushed and push each other to get the wins. >> now a blast from the past. the nats former last pitcher last was in with the mets. max scherzer throwing to live hitters. scherzer recovering from a stress fracture in his ring finger. as for today, betts making himself very welcome in more than one way. top of the first, he's taking joe ross deep to give boston a 1-0 lead. very next batter hramirez back o back home runs for t

and one of the stars of this team braden holtby is going to be trying to do something he's never donee. live from verizon center, carol maloney. >>> by the time i was a high school senior, if you asked me what i would want to be if i had any talent god could give me, the answer would be i'd great diva. as i'm monotone, there are only two places i sing. one is in the shower and the other is in my dreams. >> aw. >> how sweet. something you probably didn't know about one of the most talked-about justices on our u.s. supreme court. our own barbara harrison recently sat down with justice ruth bader ginsburg to talk about her love of the opera. we'll also hear about her friendship with another washington star soprano denise graves. >> she's a legal diva. >> she's not rocking that hat that denise is. that's a hat. >> i was just telling pat and chris earlier, what do you all want from the weather, because we have it in our ten-day forecast, snow, rain, heat, we're going to get all four seasons like we generally do in the d.c. area. we are warming up. today was a little warmer than yesterday.

braden holtby is going to have to do something he's never done before in his career.t is beat the dallas stars. you guys, the puck drop is at 7:30. it's like a half hour extra time to wait. the fans are getting into it as we speak. >>> speaking of winning, winning your third consecutive conference championship is no easy tasks, rewriting the big 10 history books is just the cherry on top. the maryland women are the only program in big 10 history to win the regular season and tournament titles in the terps taking down per dueur last night's title game. selection monday a week from today. this afternoon at the student union on campus the team had a celebration rally. they signed autographs for all the fans. on the men's side, announced late afternoon trimble led md nasd in scoring and ranged sixth in the league averaging just under 17 points per game. he's win of five players in maryland history to record 1400 points, 350 assists and 100 steals. maryland opens up big 10 tournament play at the verizon center on friday. and we have officially from the redskins that jay gr

braden holtby stopped all three columbus attempts. ties the tra and choice record. next up caps at verizon center tomorrow night taking on arizona. >>> georgetown looking for a new basketball coach this morning. georgetown confirmed john thompson, iii is out. what a good run though. 13 seasons as head coach at georgetown. comes after back to back losing seasons. the first time that's happened since 1972 and 73. >>> march madness picked up again last night. half of the elite eight now set after an exciting night on the h off tonight. this the biggest upset of the night xavier pulling off the biggest surprise of the series so far. they beat number two seeded arizona came down to the wire ooh. a short basket with 40 seconds left. wildcats had a chance on a 3-pointer at the end no good. xavier wins 73-71. they'll face top seed gonzaga on saturday. gonzaga won against west virginia. a go ahead 3-pointer with under a minute left. mountaineers had three chances to win. they couldn't get the job done. now all of our teams close to d.c. offici

braden hopes to keep it that play. holtby with the huge save. 28 saves in his 300th nhl game. later in the period, caps on the attack. nicklas backstrom to alex ovechkin, findi orb show inside caps up 2-1. final seconds of the sec, caps on the power-play. shattenkirk's drive won't go. finding the back, oshi and backstrom's sticks miss it. first goal as a cap for shattenkirk, caps up 3-1. the flames pull within a goal. on the power-play, alex ovechkin, 11 shots on goal. you knew one of those had to go in. 29th of the soeason. capitals win 4-2. a complete team win that head coach trotts knows will help his team in the playoffs. >> we're getting tested here. it's good. we've prepared all year for moments like this. and there's a good prepares us for what's ahead of us. so it's a great opportunity to raise our game and find out what we're about too. >>> the united states looking to reach the finals of the world baseball classic for the first time. to get there they need to defeat a team who knows a thing or two about winning this tournament. japan's won twice already, undefeated s