marcus johanson getting his stick ready for action and in the first period, his stick would work.aps on the power play. nick back tomorrow to johanson who trickles it past jacob mardstrom. mike green takes a slash, falls to the ice. he would leave to the game but return in the third. we are in the 3rd, 1-0. mike newly to alex semin -- mike knuble to alex semin who rims one past the goalie. washington 5-0 for the first time in their history. >> we shut them out. i think we played good all over the ice. i don't think we do do much else today. >> when it comes to april and may, i'm not going to be able to sit here and say, hey, we were 5-0, we have that record. isn't that great? i mean, it's not going to really hold a lot of weight. it's nice, but it's just the process of getting to where we want to get. >> bruce and the caps go for 6- 0 on thursday at the philly >>> football now. tomorrow is d-day as in decision day for mike shanahan regarding his starting quarterback. will it be rex grossman or john beck. grossman started the last eight games for the redskins. beck sunday played in

. >>> and marcus johanson h 5-0. move this. >> great regular season. it's not the playoffs. i'm going to love it if it is in the play offs. even the head coach is saying it is just the regular season. the caps are off to the best start in franchise history. 5-0 after not just beating but dominating florida tonight. the capitals and red wings are the only undefeated teams in hockey tonight. marcus sharpening the skates before the game. he is also sharpening his steel. capitals on the power play shoots and scores. beats mark strom. he just squeezes it in there. the caps up 1-0. same score in the second period. thomas vokoun makes the save on a former cap. vokoun with 20 saves in the game. third period and more offense. mike knuble ahead to semiens. gets the wrister to go. an empty netter and the capitals win 3-0. vokoun records his 45th career shutout and the capitals 5-0 for the first time in franchise history. gabby not putting much stock in the fast start. >> quite frankly when it comes to april and may, i'm not going to be able to sit here and say hey we were 5-0 and not t

. >> reporter: hanson's first period, proved to -- marcus on johanson's first winner, improving to 4-d the head coach the importance of citeing 5-0. >> and i haven't mentioned it. and that is, quite frankly, at the end of the day, the end of the year, they're not going care unless we do something special. and not going stand up and say 5 and 0 and that doesn't mean anything us ting than the fact that -- anything to us. >> the caps goalie will be volkoun, the fourth straight game. michael norbert started the season opener and started a foot injury in warm-up before the second game. vokahn came in and got off to a shaky start and found a groove since then. the veteran goalie, facing a former team, will he put more pressure on himself tonight? >> and that is one with six guys to on their team from last year and they don't know. and that is a promise to mention it to them and that is -- if it does, it's inside and he has not figured yet out. or a special case about it. that is business as usual as far as i know. >> and for the nfl now, and the cincinnati bengals and raiders made a big tra