they were on top of the puck.hey out hit. >> joe: player of the game is alexander semin who had a pair of goals that were performed with a tremendous shot. one a snap, one a slap. washington downs montreal 4-2. we'll be back to vermont right after verizon. and i lo-- ( stutters ) so cute! i loooo... i loooo... i loooo... - another miller lite? - i'd love one. - do you love the taste of your beer this much? - thank you. - what? well, you could. try the great pilsner taste of a triple hops brewed miller lite. taste greatness. you're gorgeous, look at you, i loooov you! hos15% or more on car to geico insurance?e you host: is ed "too tall" jones too tall? nurse: i'm just gonna guesstimate. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >> joe: comcast sportsnet coverage cap's hockey has been brought to you by geico. and by toyota. >> joe: first place team in the southeast division working at nome washington, dc. the capitals triumph over montreal. here's lisa hillary with tom poti. >> tom, you moved a couple change

the defense doing a great job hang on to the puck. john erskine gets the puck.hrows it n knows on this line they'll be hard charging to the boards. brooks laich picks it up. throws it across and everyone knows that's where semin has been hanging out the last coupleweeks. another outstanding play. here, it's something that pays off well for them. they know that mike knuble is always going to go to the net. backstrom gets a little piece of that. throws over knuble. he knows knuble is going to go from a-to presented, no detour to see. he'll drive the crease hard and there's no better player in the league inside the paint than mike knuble. >> mike knuble is one of the guys who has talked about it. he said to bruce boudreau, look, i got 28 goals in philadelphia playing on consistent lines. bruce boudreau likes to juggle things around when things aren't gl well. he's rewarding his players. if you want to perform on the same line together, keep putting the puck in the net. this is what the capitals are doing. >> i also think it gives you a lost confidence to play in th

you got to get the puck out clean. that way you kill down important seconds. >> tampa bay was important to get to a lead. as you look at the geico highlights. >> it started with knuble going to backstrom. a nice one with stephanie veilleux. a snap back hand off of the redirect. wonderful back hand goals and steven stamkos on a great shot. joe: tampa and steven stamkos again. >> he is on a roll especially when you give him that type of time and they rework the caps. nice movement. a nice circle by stephanie veilleux. joe: everything going right for the lightning. after 24 minutes these are your stats presented by your chevy dealers. >> not another scoring chances and pitching a no-hitter and faceoffs are winning it and power plays they haven't drawn one, the capitals not a good 20 minutes, they have come back ability and 40 minutes to get a point. joe: you are telling me it was a first period to forget? i hardly agree. lightning in control ofs on th t on comcast sports net. >> indeed the lightning does strike, four time

i have a hard time hitting the puck.l, you said i was flieding back. >> you want to make sure you're not sliding back. >> reporter: but i'm on ice, carl. >> oh. >> reporter: i at least hit the puck! i surprised myself with that one. strike one, different sport same effect. >> make sure you're bending the knees a little. >> reporter: and then do this? >> yeah, keep yourbalance as much as you can. oh, nicked the puck, i don't know if you can do that. >> reporter: i can try again. ready? >> if i have it down. . i'm going out on top. i'm going out on top. your prediction for the capitals this year? >> hopefully really good. hope for a deep playoff run. >> reporter: can i buy your jersey? >> of course you. can. >> reporter: i'm going to -- of course you can. >> reporter: i'm going to get carl's jersey, that's the one i want. they have practice in less man half an hour -- in less than half an hour if you want to see it here. >> very cool. love it, back in a moment with the answer to today's trivia question. (woman) these are m

he's trying to calm down the puck. the puck stopped rolling and there he lets her fly.en looking for 11 and 40 point on that shot. >> joe: mike green with goals in four of his last five outings. green has scored just one time against montreal. it was an overtime game-winner at bell center against this netminder. bradley hooks off. the passing play and bradley did not get through gill. on the wing, d'agostini ahead and we have a penalty here. a roughing call to come. the game's first penalty. >> joe: number 57. roughing. 2 minutes 4 seconds to go. we have this american service center. caps and canadiens are usually close. >> craig: caps won three. a shootout. brought to you by the american service center. pouliot in the box. he had a pretty good 1st period. he's skating and using his we'll wheels. >> joe: first two meetings split each winning on the other's home ice. deflection try. moen opened up for just a second in front with michal neuvirth. green sweep its on to backstrom. blocked by gill. >> craig: just when you think you have a shooting lane, that long reach takes

he moves the puck well and he can get erratic but the biggest thing is stopping the puck and when tampa plays shut down hockity helps him than the stuff they were playing last year. when the team plays good defensive round he steps up to the plate. >> any goaltender the capitals face has to worry about alex ovenchin. without a goal in an 8 game performance in atlanta. as we saw the numbers earlier ten goals and 8 assists in the last 12 games against the tampa bay lightning. would you expect for him to come out and say i'm not going two games without scoring. >> i know he will. goal scores love to score every game. when your team has a big blow up, he will be pound that puck and make sure that he weeks out of this game with at least two goals tonight. >> at least two. you are hearing on caps pregame live. who would put it against alex ovenchin, the new capital captain. we will be back here tomorrow night for another edition of capitals pregame live on comcast sports net but right now we want to get you ready on comcast sports plus to get you down to st. peat forum in tampa forum. joe and

mike green gets the puck on the power play. back of the net, we are tied. we e now in the third, and the teams have add -- the kings have added a goal, so they are winning 2-1. >>> the colonial athletic association is tough. ol dominion, a dangerous team, taking on a george mason. mason extends the lead. the dish, the flesh. mason wins the game. >>> g.w. welcoming howard into the air arena. he knows how to make it count. collins led howard with 17. islicing into the lane, it's a hard way. the colonials turn back howard. >>> with a cloud of uncertainty surrounding their head coach, the florida gators headed into the sugar bowl against no. 4 cincinnati very focuse urban meyer, may be his last game. tim tebow, definitely his last game. florida goes up 30-3. he throws for 482 yards, runs for 51. he sets the pc as bowl record for total offense, 533 yards. >> the most successful senior class in the scc, and considering the strength of this conference, the guy sitting next to me into a great senior year. he is one of the great singers of all time. >>> mississippi

there are guys that can put the puck in the net. you know, clef clef had four goals -- kovalev had four goals the other day. he's a capable scorer. just more concerned about us. we want to make sure our effort is there. >> they have some dangerous players. as long as we're aware of which guys to take away and make sure you don't give them too much time and space, we'll be fine. we need to pickup our offense a little bit more and that is good team to do it against. >> now, pascal leclair will start for the ottawa senators. 'as we bring in our analysts, down at the other end jose theodore is getting the nod. i was surprised at practice when i was talking to michael asking him consequence imes this game. he said you may want to ask somebody else because i don't think i'm getting the call tonight. does it surprise you -- surprise you that bruce has gone back to jose? >> no, not at all. you can't let him rot on the bench. he has had a great career against ottawa. to me, it's no surprise at all. i expect a very big game out of him. >> car

ovechkin checks richardson but forgets the puck. kings take a 2-1 lead. less than six minutes to play. caps still down a goal. they have a two man advaage. morrison fires a shot. stopped by quick. he recovers it. after the whistle the puck slides in the net. no goal. the caps lose 2-1. it's their third loss in the row. caps back at home on tuesday against montreal. college hoops. george mason ended the decade with a stellar performance, 27 point defeat. one of the worse losses in program history. a new year offers a fresh start and that's what faiths need playing their first game of 2010 yesterday afternoon against old dominion. the patriots looking for than seventh win of the season. under five zoned play in the first half, long over to hancock in the corner and check it out. george mason leads 31-28. second half, morrison grabs trouble and heads to cornelius. back to morrison for the dunk. remember kids sharing is caring. later in the second half patriots turn defense into offense. wright and morrison forced a bad shot and then wright leads the break. n

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pucks up the first field goal.ook it to the rim and on his right shoulder and kept the ball the left side of the body. didn't use it but the rim. 6 rebounds. getting more attention on the way out. and bowles off balance. the return by parker inside. and bowles actually. and denzelle bowles get as chance to it add some points to the line. >> glenn: this is a wheel and seal offense. they're trying to post him up and swing that ball around and get the defense on the shoulder. but every one is thrown in. he can the defense is coming and active inside. and. >> al: and a little off balance when he shot the first and still beat every patriot to the loose ball. >> glenn: see wells look for a shot a bit more. to the line and unsuccessful for it remains a 2-point lead for george mason. we have 90 seconds to go in the first half. long has it. under control. you rarely see him picking up the charge. very under control. i. >> al: see why he is averaging 22 point as game over the last four for the patriots. cannot get it to go.

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lightning moving the puck around and it finds its way to the veteran.0. 2nd period tied at one. tons of traffic around the net. that's when things happen like this. puts is in. 2-1. lightning. steve finds his teammate mcteas. his shot no good but downey there. the light thing win lightning win. >>> gilbert arenas will start tonight as the wizards host the spurs. chris main street according to his source gilbert did not pull a gun on javaris crittenton back on -- >>> i'm michael jenkins. it's time for basketball. we take to you verizon center as the wizards host the san antonio spurs. the papa johns opening tip-off next on comcast sportsnet. enjoy the game. captions by caption colorado, ll (800) 775-7838 email: comments@captcolo.com

giroux shoots first for team canada but he can't make the puck get past the goalie.ff the canada comeback. watch this. he hits the breaks and scores with the back hand. that does it. team canada wins it the final 10-9. >> well, when you think of college athletics, squash is probably one of the last to come to mind. the squash program at george washington is changing that. the university awarded the colonial scholarship money, making them the only program in the country to offer scholarships to their squash student athletes. in this inside access, jill sorenson explains why the colonials are so unique. >> reporter: the g.w. men's squash team is ranked in the top 20 nationally. that in itself is prestigious. but even more note worthy is that the colonials are the only d1 squash program that offers scholarship money. >> opposite hand opposite leg. >> reporter: men's coach windy lawrence arrived in -- wendy lawrence arrived in 2007 and immediately asked why squash was the only sport at g.w. that didn't receive scholarship money? >> the response was, we assume all squash

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the puck with six minute to go, the goalie make an incredible save and those things happen.sually, when you're going good, those things go in. when you're going bad, they never go in. this this case, it didn't go in. but our power play which is our focal point of strength has been struggling in the last three or four games. >> you don't ray designated captain right now either -- you don't have a designated captain right now either. is that announcement coming soon? is it a foregone conclusion that it would possibly be ovechkin. >> no scoops on that. i know you came out early. >> does it hurt you not to have a designated captain. >> we went whole year and the year before. chris clark was injured for almost two years. i mean the guys just take it upon themselves and they have good leadership in the room. that is what they do. i don't think as far as the players are concerned that it is any earth shattering situation. i mean it is a great situation or news media thing because everybody wants to know. but i think we'll take our time here and we'll do it right. >> so you can make

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we're getting pucks n we're getting pucks out. we're doing the right things at this time to win hockey games and obviously we're gearing up and trying to set ourselves up for the playoffs. >> craig, expand on the penalty killing y has it been so good lately? >> starts between the pipes, joe. they're getting great goaltending. they're utilizing eight or nine turnovers. they've got to continue that tonight against the isles. >> the islanders have been a pain in the neck i sure this one one won't be easy either. >> kobe bryant has been so good for so long. it's easy to forget he began his nba career as a backup to eddie jones and nick van exel. he's won four nba titles, been mvp and olympic gold draped around his neck. yet, his passion for the game has yet to wane. our ron thompson sits down with the lakers lead her in a rare, exclusive interview to find out what it is that makes kobe kobe. >> mama, there goes that man. >> he becomes the youngest player to reach the nd say wow or when you were approaching that goal, did you say i'm c