devonte smith with his debut and alex ovechkin and tom wilson. you know how he does.for game five. the team that scored first has won every game this series. fit period on th power play, nicholas backstthm. wi his fourth goal of the series. ur points today, caps with their fir lead since game two. second period, more from the caps, ovechkin to backy, backy of the nets, s ond of thegame. fifth of the series. up 2-0. and this one was all caps. backy sends it ahead. so g this. the canes dougie hamilton, he's theirst but thought he heard ovie coming. he avoids the puck. it's 3-0 at that point. ovie, you know he loves lamb. power play goal, third of the series. brayden holtby with 30 saves and sixth career playoff shutout. caps win 6-0 with a 3-2 series lead. now, let's go back to sherree burruss live at capital one. sherrie, finally, the dominant overall performance we've been waiting for. >> reporter: absolutely,cary. the players saying they know this is the way they need to play moving foard. >> i thought that was great and we were with the game secure line, so tonight,

a rarm welcome for fans of devonte smith-kelly, who made a huge impact when it came to the capitals winnihe stanley cup last season, scoring sev goals in the postseason. but for the last m twoths playing with the capitals minor league team in hershey. so now back with the caps and in the playoffs, smith-kelly is ready to contribute. >> i feel confident, scoring and creating a prese te. obviously, role is a little bitif dferent for me, but i'm ready. >> like the last time, he will step up and- knows - we know can he play.y he's a good gugreat teammate. back. o have him >> guys are happy to have him back. already can feel a little spark in our room with being backn our meetings this morning. this little sidetrack where his career path washeaded, maybe it will be the best thing for him. >> still a big loss for the caps without oshie, who tweeted this -- thanks to everyone for the get well wishes. i'm in good hands with our training staff, doctors is especially mama bear at home with her twotle helpers. d.c., i need you to make some noise tonight for my boys. i want to hear you throughhe tv. af