first period jason chimera playing intensely. here. jason chimera would get ejected. capitals would lose tomas vokoun on the ensuing power play. he reaggravated his groin injury. ahead to the third period now. still scoreless. marcus johansson feeds dennis wideman and wideman winds up and takes care of the rests. capitals on top 1-0. wideman's 11th goal of the season. and the caps weren't done. a few minutes later it's ovechkin this time he scores his 14th of the year. capitals on top 2-0. but the lead wouldn't last. just over a game. andrew ference fires one past mychal neuvirth to tie it up and we're going to a shootout. in the final round of this shootout rich peverley trying to get it past nufy. then brooks laich going for the win beats tim thomas. how nifty was that move? the capitals get the all-important win and two points. the caps finally got one when they needed one. >> this is the heat. everybody loves playing in the heat. and it's playing hockey -- like i keep saying, that's the team comes back late in the game, forces overtime. and you never know what hap

adam mcquaid goes for the puck and gets leveled by jason chimera given a five minute penalty. marcus johanson beats tim thomas. marcus' 14th, caps in front 2 -0. over a minute left. andrew ferentz beats michal neuvirth, ties it at 2-2 and we go to a shootout. matt hendricks is the first flopping on the ground. it's beautiful. hendricks now 7-11 on shootout attempts. 4th round of the shootout it's brooks laich and his backhand is a game winner. caps defeat the bruins 3-2 in the shootout. they move into an eighth place tie with the sabres who were idle tonight. >>> last thursday the wizards blew a 22 point lead at home and lost to the pacers by two. tonight a chance to exact revenge on the road in indianapolis. 2nd half jordan crawford on a break takes it all the way for the lay-in plus the foul, but it wasn't your variety three- point play. watch the replay. he was strang amed and still made it. that's -- strangled and still made it. that's a clothesline. less than three to go, pacers by two. former georgetown hoya roy hibbard gets the return pass from danny granger, sinks the

jason chimera won't be suspended for this hit last nature on adam mcquaid.gue says mitigating circumstances were mcquaide turned his back at the last minute making him more vulnerable. >>> nfl, sean payton filed papers to appeal his one year suspension for his and the saints' involvement in placing bounty on opposing players. that ban was to begin sunday. now he's got a little more time. payton can stay on as coach until the appeal is heard and a ruling made. it's expected that won't take long and payton will hear back from the league in days. the linebacker coach of the saints will also appeal his suspension. >>> final four participants are making last ditch preps for tomorrow's final four. kentucky, louisville, ohio state, kansas determining college basketball's national champion, both games rematches of the regular season. you can see it all here on wusa9. coverage begins at 4:00 with the final four show, louisville/kentucky tips at 4:09. ohio state and kansas is the night cap. >>> our high school game of the week poll. stone bridge at broad run and boys

jason chimera and alex ovechkin scored for the caps.ulls the caps back into the final eastern conference playoff spot. >>> to basketball, the wizards on the road against the celtics. wizards trailed by 19 at the half and then fought back to get within eight but boston was too strong. wizards fall to the celtics 88- 76. >>> the maryland terps women have advanced to the elite eight. they came back from and 18- point deficit to beat texas a & m. maryland wins 81-74 and the terps will face notre dame tomorrow night. >>> on the men's side, the final four is set. it will be kansas versus ohio state and louisville versus kentucky. >> in golf, tiger woods has ended a 30-month drought. he won the arnold palmer invitational and won by five shots. it was his first pga tour win