>> well, the penguins have beaten them four times at the verizon center, and you don't want pittsburghin town. >> we do. >> and maybe you do. and maybe there is not much excitement except for ovie's scoring, and the john carlson's ridiculous ne ridiculousness in the olympics. but one part may renew a rifle is ovie's rival back in town, and jay is over at the center with more of why the caps' fans are thrilled tonight. >> well, they are thrilled because it is the caps and the penguins, and not much has to be said when they meet up on the ice, and the second reason is because 21-year-old russian sensation, yevgeny kuts net sov, was drafted back in 2010 and he paid four years in the khl and the caps' fans will see him take the ice, and he has been the talk of the town a and the expectations are high, and the head coach adam oates and the teammates want to ease him into the lineup, and tonight, he is part of the fourth line. >> well, obviously, everybody is excited to see him, and for all of the reasons that you know, but for the team, you know, he has to earn it, right? and to start there

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. >>> the san jose sharks had a special guest at last night's game against pittsburgh penguins. fans cheered for polina edmunds. she dropped the puck at last night's game. >> and she did get out of the way. >> good. >>> it was a close call for mk noblet. three girls were in the bottom three but it came down to emily or mk. she is the second idol contestant sent home. season 11 winner phillip phillips made an appearance. you can watch american idol every wednesday and thursday night right here on ktvu channel 2. >> yes. >>> 4:52 is the time. emotional pleas to keep people safe in san francisco. the new plans to protect pedestrians and how much it's expected to cost. >>> the first we heard of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were from mark. >>> if they knew that their fight wasn't intended to land. >> a new documentary about a 9/11 hero was sold out in san jose. it's called the rugby player. the life story of mark bingham. it follows his close ties with his mother. they died fighting back against the terrorist that took over united flight 93. >> i realize that there are things that i

and the pittsburgh penguins, look at the puck affected by the elements but nothing was stopping patrick making it 1-0. jonathan in chicago at it again as they shred the pittsburgh defense. they win it by a final of 5-1. in golf, they are all chasing rory mcaroy. tiger wood, five under 65? the third shot on 11 today. tiger back in it. seven shots off the lead. rory, too clear of the field at 12 under par. it is his tournament to win or lose manana. one more time. a thriller with the game on the line, high school high school playoffs, half-moon bay cathedral. tied in the last few seconds. amazing. yeah. junior david parsons, 75-foot heave at the buzzer to win it for the irish. 49-46 to advance his team into the ccs playoffs. >> just lucky. just lucky. the shot was lucky. >> how much do you practice shots like that? >> at lunch. >> how often do you make them? >> never. >> what did you think when it went in? >> happy we won. >> you know what i love about him? that you never hear it. he said i wasn't great. it was luck. it was luck. >> it was luck. >> you could probably try it five times and

the blackhawks hosted the pittsburgh penguins at soldier field. where the bears normally play. more than 60,000 bars braved the 17 degrees weather and snow to watch the home team win five to 1. it's not snow, but rain causing a havoc in california. check out what the choppy surf did in la. one of those wears powerful enough to crash into this restaurant. sea water soaked the restaurant, and the patio was flooded, windows were smashed. >> and that approaching winter storm is causing real problems for washington lawmakers. eric can'ter is postponing all business because of the weather on monday until tuesday. the washington area is bracing for a tenth of an inch of ice topped by up to 12-inches of snow. coast-to-coast, on sunday alone more than 1,500 flights were canceled by early afternoon, according to the flight away and more than 1,100 canceled on monday. customers need to call ahead before heading to the airport. travelers aren't the only one being effected by this weather. united continental airlines expect their revenue to drop. the company canceled more that 2,000 flights

hockey's pittsburgh penguins, losers of 18 in a row.iladelphia phillies. this season is a far cry from the glory days of wilt chamberlain, dr. j. and allen iverson. and as the streak continues, attendance is sinking. and some of those who do show up are, well, less than enthused. yet, even now, there remains a philly faithful. >> i'm a fan of the sixers. i hope they get a win. >> reporter: as the losses pile up, there are whispers, loud ones, that the team actually doesn't mind because it could give them a higher pick in the college draft. >> hopefully in about two years, they'll go from worst to the top again. >> philadelphia fans are smart. they see what's going on here. and they know you've got to lose to win. eventually. >> reporter: still, philly fans are rooting for that one win that would keep them out of the record book. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >>> and thanks so much for watching tonight. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline," of course, will be here later. and i'll see you right back here again tomorrow night

the san jose or arena tonight to drop the of the ceremonial first puck before the shark and pittsburgh penguincond and u.s. nationals ninth at the olympics in russia. she won the silver medal as we said at the figure skating championship this past january when spoke with edmonds' earlier tonight and ask her what she remembered was available experience. >> : the thing i remember the most of all from being in russia is just everything from the moment from when we arrived and still moment we left because there's so much going on i got to meet so many people and the experience of being in the olympic park was so exciting. >> : were you pretty satisfied with your ninth place finish? >> : i was satisfied with how i skated. of course ninth place was my goal and i hope to finish higher and so not my goal is to try harder in the next competition the go to. >> : i know that anything can happen in four years and you can never expect perfectly anything that will happen again work as hard as i can to try and get back into the olympic games. airline >> : pam going to that means a plate women's championship

. >>> the pittsburgh penguins are looking over their shoulder at boston.etroit red wings who are eighth in the east, retired the jersey of this man. after the ceremony, his old team were beaten by the colorado avalanche in overtime. scoring with 31.4 seconds left on the clock. >>> the buffalo sabres beat playoff contenders the tampa bay lightning 3-1. this man was the star for buffalo. he made 43 saves on the night. >>> the blues beat the national predators 2-1 on thursday. staying in the west. the los angeles kings [ inaudible ] six consecutive wins after beating the jets. the kings struck back just 40 seconds after the previous score. >>> the iditarod sled dog nears its finish in the icy wild derness of alaska. >> reporter: this is a race that traverses the huge state of alaska and we're here at the western extremity of the race. the races are coming out of the hills -- the hills you can see over to my left. those are the last really rugged bits of terrain after mountains and tundra that they have had to go through. but it was the absence of snow that ch

the nhl playoffs, jonathan taves was forced off the ice after coming a heavy hit against the pittsburgh penguins sunday. final 5 minutes scoring 20s. major league baseball season got officially underway in australia, will return to north american soil on sunday. >> high fly ball deep right field! >> los angeles dodgers were beaten 3-1 by the san diego padres, swept 2-0 by the arizona diamondbacks in sydney. >>> this time players are having to get used to some changes to the mlb rules, as the game's authorities tried to make the game safer. >> players from the arizona diamondbacks loosen up during training. some of these players may wind up in the world series, some may wind up relegated to the minor heegz. but what none of them wants is to end their season and their careers with a brain injury. so major league baseball is instituting a new rule, aimed to prevent bone jarring and dangerous collisions between base runners trying to score and catchers trying to defend home plate glen sherlock explains. >> the catcher cannot block the plate unless he has the ball. >> compared to other sports, baseba

outdoors in chicago, soldier field was transformed into an ice rink so blackhawks could host pittsburgh penguinshan 60,000 fans braved 17 degree weather, blistery wind and snow to watch the home team win 5-1. it's not snow but rain causing havoc in california. check out what the choppy surf did to boats in pacific ocean 1, a. high winds and heavy rains led to powerful waves. one powerful enough to crash into this restaurant. seawater soaked the inside of the building. windows were smashed, the patio flooded. the owner says some of its employees were hit by the wave. >> one of the fellas was taken down the walkway in front of the windows. he went through the door to the patio that had just been washed out by that same wave. >> reporter: everyone who got hurt is expected to be okay. so many people waiting for spring to finally come. this city has seen about five feet of snow this winter. by this time tomorrow we should be able to say 5 1/2 feet. we'll go to a break and have much more on the newsroom after that. get 4 lines on at&t's network... including unlimited talk unlimited text ...and 10 gigs

sharks hosting sidney crosby and the pittsburgh penguins. fun fact. crosby has never scored against the sharks. san jose spent most of the first two periods digging themselves a 2-goal hole. but then went on a scoring frenzy in the 3rd. justin braun started the comeback with a goal late in the second and patrick marleau and brent burns scored tying goals earlier in the third for the sharks, who have 10 wins and one tie in their last 11 home games of against pittsburgh. burns added an empty-net goal and antti niemi made 19 saves for san jose. final in this one 5-3 sharks. the penguins have not won in san jose since 1997 crosby only had one shot on goal he's still scoreless against the sharks. perhaps the sharks had a little olympic luck on their side. olympic figure skater and san jose native polina edmunds was on hand last night for the ceremonial dropping of the puck. edmunds fresh back from her trip to sochi. where she placed 9th. oxfordshe spoke to our own gary radnich last night before the game. as part of it's "fairwell tour". candlestick park wi

final score in the game, the chicago blackhawks, 5, the pittsburgh penguins, 1.omorrow, full day of hockey on nbc and nbcsn. hockey day in america. flyers and caps on nbc. coming up next, late news and "saturday night live" with host jim parson. so long from soldier field. >>> right now on nbc bay area news, ukrainian troops are on high alert tonight after russian troops take over a part of that country. here in the bay area protesters condemn russian aggression. 7>> plus the worst of the storm at one of the problems it left behind. we'll show you the rest of the damage coming up. >>> and a power outage at a popular south bay mall, but the storm had nothing to do with this blackout. we'll show you what did. the news starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm diane dwyer. we are on right now because of the hockey game. we begin now with those major developments in ukraine. president obama and russia's president vladimir putin spoke by phone today. that was after the russian parliament gave3Ñ&8 the okay tod troops into ukraine. an

pittsburgh penguins, losers of 16 in a row and 23 straight losses by the philadelphia phillies.ar cry from world chamberlain, dr. j, iverson. fans tough on their teams but this season, sixers fans are barely showing up. looks like they have the long game in mind. >> hopefully in about two years, going from worse back to hot again. >> they see what is going on here. and they know you got to lose to win. eventually. >> and what she's talking about of course is if you have a terrible losing season, you have a high draft pick. so maybe a silver lining there. but it's not what you want as a fan. >> i guess at this point, that's the only press release a team can really send out. you want it believe they're trying and up against teams that are really, really good. but that's just not the case. >> must be a rough time because those philly fans are tough. >> yes, they are. >> coming up, movie time. >> we will preview new flicks coming out this weekend. other things, you don't. [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you don't even have to squeeze it to believe it. you can actu

the blackhawks ended a two-game losing streak with a five to one victory over the pittsburgh ---mispronounced-- penguins at soldier field saturday night. the snow came down during the outdoor finale of the n-h-l's stadium series. the game brought a sellout crowd of more than 62 thousand people despite the bad weather. the windchill was in the single digits ... and at least two inches of snow fell during the game. good times. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. robbery may have been the motive behind saturday's fatal shooting of a near north side business owner. herbert goode owned "silver cloud galleries," near state and ohio. he was shot at his company's factory facility on the southwest side. two witnesses say they saw a light blue car speeding away from the scene. the killer hasn't been caught. authorities are trying to figure out how a toddler managed to get away from his home in south austin. the three-year-old was found wandering the streets in the 49 hundred block of west adams early yesterday morning. police questioned the mother who says he let himself out. the boy in now the

the blackhawks hosted the pittsburgh penguins at soldier field where the bears normally play.an 60,000 fans braved the 17 degree weather, blistering weather and snow to watch the home team win, 5-1. it's not snow, but rain causing havoc in california. check out what the choppy surf did to the boats in the pacific ocean near l.a. high winds and heavy rain led to the powerful waves is. one of those waves powerful enough to crash into this restaurant. sea water soaked the inside of the building, windows were smashed and a patio was flooded. >> goodness, those pictures. >> wow. you know, we're going to talk about what happened in california in just a moment, but winter has been rough enough. >> it has been horrible. >> we're now in march. >> we thought that maybe we had the last gasp of winter, but, no, it looks like across the tennessee/ohio valley we have icing and we have snow. beginning across the panhandle of texas, extending into missouri right around cape girardo, into memphis and nashville and extending into cincinnati. cleveland, i think you'll see a little bit of snowfal

pittsburgh monday. they'll host the penguins. >>> to the hardwood, this tile of year it important for playoff contendingke care of business when they face a struggling squad. wizards, growing up before our eyes. tale of two halves. second quarter, wizards up 25. john wall with a quick move here. gets to the rack. that is too easy. wiz led 75-53 at halftime. bucks get back in this one. milwaukee down six. sessith the steal and finish. bucks within four, guys. late in the game, under 2:00 to go, wizards up five. wall drives and kicks to bradley beal. that's good right there. the wizards, right now, win this game, your final score, 114-107. >>> moving on to college hoops. they call it march madness for a reason. excitement of these games this time of year can be maddening for fans and depending on outcome, you might leave plain old mad. georgetown upset today. hoyas taking on the wildcats. first half, hoyas down by 13. but smith-rivera doing his thing. gets to the rim. 14 points. offense showing off their skill. this is james bell knocking down the corner three. also fouled on that shot, and one. the secon

pittsburgh penguins took on the chick foe blackhawks at soldier field.f 63,000 graved the 17-degree temperatures. looked like an excite a game. they went on a to easy 5-1 victory. >> serving in world war ii. they were given a special surprise to recognize the service. dick holland tracked down the three medals and certificates of appreciation he never picked up. his children and grandchildren gave him the med talls yesterday at a surprise party. >> they didn't tell me about this. i didn't know the medals were around. he has given us the inspiration and the story see and it is his right. it is what he deserves. >> he inspired a legacy of service in his family. his son was a marine. grandson is a navy commander. his grand cutter is a staff sergeant this the u.s. army. they called in a hall of famer. >>> rule lee fingers through out the first pitch in the spring training game. as got a look at the bright spots. he tossed two winnings. and gave up no runs. as got on the board and this is the sack fry to center. >> billy burns scored from third. and all tied

the philadelphia phillies hold the record in baseball, 23 straight losses and the pittsburgh penguins dropped 18 in a row in 2004. with another record make fans in the keystone state hit rock bottom? philly fans don't take bad news well, they've booed injured player and thrown snow at santa claus. >> we have a chip on our shoulder but we always root for our team. ly root for the sixers. >> peter o'toole was nominated for best actor eight times but never won. and so star susan luce was nominated for a daytime emmy 18 times before she won in 1999. the last time the sixers won a championship, president reagan was in office. but there might be a strategy here. the host of cnbc's "mad money" says losing on purpose is the smart move. >> i don't call them the sixers, i call them the tankers. they are there every day to be sure they lose to get the highest draft pick. >> if they lose, they could do something revolutionary, they could win. the sixers are not even the worst team in the nba. right now the title belongs to your milwaukee bucks who have won just 13 games. the sixers have won 16. t

penguins. this is pittsburgh. we're proud to be here for the nhl on nbc. e flyers and penguins. owing to the patron sate of ireland, the penguins are wearing green today. let's hear from pierre mcguire and

penguins on the power play. this makes it 3-2, pittsburgh. just over a minute later, to the corner and in front of the net. his 16th of the season. that ties it at 3-3. late in the period, from just inside the blue line, shark goes up 4-3. they add an empty netter for the awe 3 win. >> i think you might have made the term knuckle puck popular again. tell us about the goal. >> it was just rolling the whole way, so just shoot and i've had some weird ones this year and it went back into the net. >>> first round of the wcc tourney. jalen richard in the passing lane. and how about the finish. broncos up eight and in control. at the offensive end, nate draining the corner three ball here. santa clara up 12, they advance with the victory. >>> spring training baseball. giants facing the reds. tim hudson striking out chris heisey. he gave up just two hits in three innings with two ks. jeremy affeldt making his spring debut. he forced three groundouts in his appearance today. bottom of the fifth now, pablo sandoval at the wish and he gets a fish. the p

the penguins have the league's best power play and they cash in on the man advantage. they gave pittsburghthe 2-0 lead. it was 3-2 in the third period, then joe pavelski. the game is tied and sharks take the lead on a weird play. joe thornton from the blue line. got past, no goals for sidney crosby and the sharks win 5-3. that was big joe. big joe and little joe. the broncos tipping it off in the tournament. the freshman jarred brownridge. they set up a second round game, usf will play saturday against san diego. >>> the as tied the diamondbacks 8-8 today. tomorrow, they will play arizona again with newcomer scott casmere expected to make his debut. pretty good for a guy who was out of major league baseball in 2012. he worked on his game in the independent leagues before returning to the bigs with the indians last season and pitched well. >> the expectations were so high for him early on. then when you don't perform, you can beat yourself up a little bit. maybe even need a little bit of a break, which he had. so i think he has found a newfound love for the game, being that he was in the in