but if you're holtby, you're sitting in that dressing room, just saw tim thomas make three or four "a" quality saves, it has to get in the back of your head just a little bit. >> so far, braden holtby has matched thomas today. up ahead, we'll look to tomorrow's game in philadelphia. pens and flyers. pittsburgh desperate for defense and desperate for a win to get back in the series. >> the flyers have gone from 3-0 down to win game one in overtime. >> the team with the best road record all year has stunned pittsburgh again. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with greasy fast food, what're you really getting? instead, try the tangy new subway smokehouse barbecue chicken or the classic sweet onion chicken teriyaki, both 6 grams of fat or less. subway. eat fresh. both 6 grams of fat or less. nhl rivalries have existed for a long time. rivalries on the ice. rivalries in the stands.

but if you're holtby, you're sitting in that dressing room, just saw tim thomas make three or four "a" quality saves, it has to get in the back of your head just a little bit. >> so far, braden holtby has matched thomas today. up ahead, we'll look to tomorrow's game in philadelphia. pens and flyers. pittsburgh desperate for defense and desperate for a win to get back in the series. >> the flyers have gone from 3-0 down to win game one in overtime. >> the team with the best road record all year has stunned pittsburgh again. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with greasy fast food, what're you really getting? instead, try the tangy new subway smokehouse barbecue chicken or the classic sweet onion chicken teriyaki, both 6 grams of fat or less. subway. eat fresh. both 6 grams of fat or less. nhl rivalries have existed for a long time. rivalries on the ice.

nicklas backstrom, short side on tim thomas.y's going to be a hero here in game six. >> pierre: what a chance on zdeno chara there. was really strong earlier in the neutral zone. >> mike: rich peverley to take the draw opposite backstrom. won cleanly to the back. a blast and that ricocheted wide. chara waiting for this one. backhands it in deep again. green played it along. ricocheted on back to chara. bounced one along. hopped up out of play. no penalty to come from this, of course. >> eddie: great care for the capitals to get the bodies out on the ice. >> mike: it's the additional challenge for a coach when you have the long change in sudden death overtime. and you need short shifts. how do you get them? >> eddie: like i said earlier, all five players can't change. you have to just change like a domino effect. we don't want to allow them to make that quick pass all the way up. >> mike: marchand in the shooting hole. peverley can get it to him. it came off the back. ference there. hands on to marchand. shot deflected -- oh, it

nicklas backstrom, short side on tim thomas.y's going to be a hero here in game six. >> pierre: what a chance on zdeno chara there. was really strong earlier in the neutral zone. >> mike: rich peverley to take the draw opposite backstrom. won cleanly to the back. a blast and that ricocheted wide. chara waiting for this one. backhands it in deep again. green played it along. ricocheted on back to chara. bounced one along. hopped up out of play. no penalty to come from this, of course. >> eddie: great care for the capitals to get the bodies out on the ice. >> mike: it's the additional challenge for a coach when you have the long change in sudden death overtime. and you need short shifts. how do you get them? >> eddie: like i said earlier, all five players can't change. you have to just change like a domino effect. we don't want to allow them to make that quick pass all the way up. >> mike: marchand in the shooting hole. peverley can get it to him. it came off the back. ference there. hands on to marchand. shot deflected -- oh, it

it's tim thomas. does he deflect that with his head?d down, looked like it did. he gonged that one out of play. the face-off remains near him. a feed on back to backstrom. he scores! backstrom, the capitals have evened the series! braden holtby faced 44 bruin shots, stopped 43. nick backstrom has won it in o.t. and the best of seven is even at one. >> pierre: here you go. face-off situation. marcus johansson wins a battle. gets it out front. and it's swede to swede. it's johansson to backstrom and it's how sweet it is to the back of the net for the washington capitals. and the series is tied at 1. >> mike: and there are the capitals reacting. they see the opportunity and they see the result. over the boards they come. it is guaranteed to go at least five. the feedback out from johansson, i don't know if it got tipped on the way. but backstrom has registered the overtime winner. that's his second of his very brief nhl playoff career. braden holtby is with pierre. >> pierre: what was the hardest part of this game for you? >> i think the h

scoreless in the second, but the caps finally solved tim thomas for the first time. front. the capitals can finally celebrate, take another look through the legs of thomas. it's a beauty. caps lead 1-0. braydon great in the net, but the bruins get the equalizer in the third. he scores, but look at the blow. he would suffer a big one here. taking a hard hit to the head. he would be okay and stay in the game. we would go into double overtime. the pucks come out to nick backstrom. 2-1 to even the series at one game a piece. much love for goldy. goldy braydon who shined once again with 43 saves. dale hunter on the return of a healthy nick backstrom. >> i think nicky is getting better. he missed 40 games and maybe it's fifth or sixth now. and i think, you know, it doesn't happen, you're in shape after 40 games. but he's getting better every game and you see he's getting better and more ice. we have character guys in there, they are going out from everybody, from the goal tender. they are battling. they are playoff hockey. you have to play to do well in the playoffs. i tho

tim thomas also on his game. d period the b's turn it over, but thomas stopped nicklas backstrom. scoreless after regulation. we're going to overtime. and this was the heartbreaker for the caps. they're on the attack. and here's chris kelly, beating holtby after 29 saves. he lets that one in. the capitals fall 1-0. yes, holtby was fantastic. the second star of the game. but that goal was costly. >> we hay chance at one end and then they came down the other way. and i guess he just made a good shot. but you know, our goaltender played great. i thought holts was awesome. his first, you know, nhl postseason game. and i thought he was -- i thought he was tremendous for us.úcz) >> all right. but when -- you know, when the game is on the line like that, i want to be better. but there's parts of my game tonight that needed to be better. but there was also some positives. >> it's a tough time of the year to lose. but you don't win the series in game 1. there'sbo lot of hockey resu we play. we like -- i g =ñ#< % the penalt

scoreless in the second and semmin breaks the ice of the series and beats tim thomas and another shot first of the series and everything is looking good, right? and with that 2-0 lead. inside of 30 seconds and coming here. brad marchon, and like, that the two-goal lead vanished. to the third period, tide at two, the forgotten cap, mike knuble scoring off of the rebound. the capitals are in front, 3-2 and the bruins respond and that is 3-3. could we be headed to another overtime? that answer is no and thanks in part to that and take that advantage. this is coming together, right? >> we worked hard. the guys, whether we want to, obviously, the regular season all of the time, and working hard now and doing what it takes. the guys are scoring when they have to. not just the big guys but everyone and that great opening. >> and keep it up tomorrow. >>> and the capitals were commanding attention on the ice, strasburg and the nationals were hosting ryan. he had to sit out and is not considered series and -- serious and should return on tuesday after the scheduled day off on monday and that is

tied on, sudden death overtime. 3:00 in, drove to the net, tim thomas first save couldn't make the second. joel ward slammed home the rebound and with that, the door was slammed in the bruins season. the caps took out the defending champs with the dramatic 2-1 win in ot. >>> more where that came from, two more game seven's tonight, range range rangers and senators. panthers and devils from florida. >>> the race for the scoring title in the nba came down to the final game. kobe bryant will have to score 38 tonight in sacramento to win the third scoring title. kobe, the ball is in your court. >>> baseball, white sox paul konerko, his 400th career homer. the fourth play near team history to reach the mark. oakland tied with it a two-run shot, a bloop single ended it. in came the winning won. they won 5-4. >>> billy butler put an end to the royals 12 game losing streak, pair of homers against the indians. kansas city crushed cleveland, 8-2. >>> the lions calvin johnson will be on the cover of the mad en13 video game. beat out cam newton with 52% of the vote. it's an honor and curse. the major

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last night he wasn't perfect but beneather was tim thomas for the bruins, -- neither was tim thomas for the bruins, we go now to rocking the red at verizon center, lucky, his teammates had his back. nicki backstrom back from his one game suspension, got the rebound there for mike, the caps go back in front 3-2, braden had another sole lid outing, he does the splits there to come up with that stop, tied again at 3 late third period caps on a power play, troy says enough is enough right past thomas for a second goal of the series, caps beat austin, 4-3. >>> he is a great goal tender battles extremely hard, he works but he works smart as well. like i said earlier, stays square and just gets the job done makes it simple. >>> in baseball nats hosting the marlins yesterday and steven strausberg was deals. sanchez goes down swinging and an bell just can't hold up his swing. strausberg sits down, buck with the off speed pitch. later bottom of the sixth, desmond swinging for the fences, catches this one to go over the fence in less a solo shot, send them to extra inning, desmond lifts one here h

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the defender walking tim thomas and brower pokes it right through that five hole.s just over 161 minutes of shutout hockey for thomas. caps up 1-0. brian roston shot off shultz' skates. benoit is there to clean it up. puliot is not tied up. game two goes into overtime. the shot from patrice bergeron. later in overtime, it was thomas' turn, he turns away a shot from beagle. 37 saves from the veteran. we're added to that second overtime. the goalie is ready to go. almost three minutes in and off the face-off. marcus johansson finds niklas backstrom in game over, caps win 2-1, they even a series. >> it's going to be like this every game, i think. there's not a lot of chances. i meaning you have to make sure when you get the chances you put them in. i think the last game was a nice shot that entered the game, and tonight we're luckier maybe. >> it's a huge game, as opposed to having to go home and having to take one or two. we're not going to get too high in this win, but we're going to enjoy it for a bit. >> it's really important to win this game and get the series ti

whirls and deals, the wrister beats tim thomas. capitals up. 1-0, feeling pretty good.ond period, 13 seconds after the bs tie it, alex ovechkin doing what the great one does. his 26th career playoff goal. moves in past dale hunter for second on the caps' all boston up 3-2. bakstrom. skates in. he beats thomas. we are now tied at 3. 3 points on the night. he was stellar. under two. four on four. the bomb, take another look. off the stick and right up over the glove. that turns out to be the game winner. 4-3. the penalty. nick backtrom, the cross check. that means, automatic one game suspension pending the review by the leak. they could overturn it. capitals trail 2-1 in the series. >> just hard work. not that we're not doing it. just we know as a group we can work better, and myself, especially. if we do we'll be successful. >> you guys had leads a couple times in this one. came back to tie it. does that make it more painful in the end? >> i think so. especially when i think we played all right. i think we deserve better. >> we have been in all three games. they are tigh

and with that clutch and past tim thomas. 2-2 after 2 and less than five minutes left, nick back strom with the faceoff and the quick spot beat -- shot beating thomas. second in the series and go to overtime, tie 3-3. three-plus minutes into the overtime. nick back strom's pass, knocked down by david creche and lucic to sagan. tyler sagan with the game winner and wins for the game. the caps follow the bruins, 4-3 in overtime and in some deciding games. lost to the caps and remain upbeat. >> if you come home, you play a terrible game and, you know, they take it to us and wipe us out and that is different. it was a great game and a win in overtime, you know, you can't win back on it and think of what you could have done differently. we played well and have to look forward and look into wednesday. >> and the only thing you get from looking back is a kinked neck moment and wizards with three games on the schedule and they host the bobcats and charlotte enters with a 20-game losing streak and the wizards with a season high three-g

tim thomas and the bruins during up for game 5 against the caps. tied at 3 with nine seconds to go.troy brouwer, right they're scoring game winner to give them a series lead over the defending stanley cup champions. the warriors' big man andrew bogan will undergo surgery on his left ankle and will not play for australia and the upcoming olympics. he will have company on rehabilitation because three will undergo the same procedure after missing 37 games this season. the a's are celebrating the four year anniversary of the 1972 team this weekend. becker won the first of three straight world series titles. rollie fingers was on the mound. but these days his trade are handletrick mark or mustaches a bigger star. >> people, to me and tell me that i have a mustache like rollie fingers. they do not put it together. i was being different. everyone was growing a mustache and i was just trying to be different to see what it looked like. i saw guys, barbershop quartet guys and i thought i would try the handlebar mustache. and then i grew it and all the sudden we were in the world series and we

the 39-year-old is denied but joel ward back hands it past tim thomas for the game winner. caps beat the bruins 2-1 to advance to the second round. another look at ward, unlikely hero, first playoff goal of the series, 2:57 into overtime gives the caps the win and they live to play another day. this was the first time in nhl history that a playoff series had seven games determined by one goal and four of those games went to overtime. the caps will play the rangers. if the rangers beat ottawa tomorrow, they could also play philly, could also play florida, but they're going to play. coming up in sports we'll hear from dale hunter who has the unique answer to a trivia question. he's the only guy to coach and play in a game 7 and do something. we'll tell you what coming up at 11:20, but caps victorious moving on to the 2nd round. >>> new tonight ward 8 councilman marion barry under fire for the second time in a month for making insensitive commented about asian workers. this time the controversy centers around filipino nurses. it's drawn anger from the philippine ambassador and

and that is a nice move to beat tim thomas. ties the game at 3-3 and with the goal and two assists.fter the final horn, and backstrom sticks up f ovechkin, who was tripped by rick and cross checks peverly in the face. the nhl will review the play and could overturn it. dale hunter, what do you have? >> and you think he was trying to protect his face. it's a dangerous play on their part, and especially for him, because if you noticed it, every scrum that he comes out with no helmet on and gets a block or two to the head by thomas andd game before. he's protecting his head and came out for 40 games. >> the reference to backstrom missing 40 games due to a concussion. >>> he entered last night's game with the shots in the first two game. the second period, the caps 1-0 and pere -- peverly with the shot and the game tied at one. less than two minutes left, 3- 3, 4-4 hockey, and with that deflection for the game winner. the caps fall 4-3 and the rookie took his performance in stride. >> and that is not the first time it happened and not the end of the world and that does not happen every

141 saves, outplaying tim thomas as well. he's been a virtual wall of ridiculousness. no scoring in the first period. to the second, alex is the better of the two. and that's his third of the series. the caps led at 2-nil. third quarter, bang, bang, bang, mike knocks nome and home the rebound. 12 minutes to go, joinee on the power play. boston will be scoreless. up to that point. but ring the bell, we're tied! looks like we're going to overtime. but troy browers says no, short side not a problem. somehow gets attached, washington takes its second straight in the series, 4-3. wow! hold your breath from that one! so the series now stands 3 games to 2. but the caps don't have a lot of time to celebrate. game 6 at verizon center tomorrow, less than 24 hours from now. 3:00 start coming up in a couple minutes in sports more on today's thriller, andrea, and a hint at who might have the advantage tomorrow and why. >> it's going to be another good one, dave! thank you. >>> and in other news, a 20- year-old man is under arrest tonight after crashing his car into a frederick, mar

matt hendricks making tim thomas look silly followed by brooks laich who would get the game's winnera 3-2 win. caps took three of four in the regular season, but thursday will be a whole new ballgame. >> it's a day in, day out grind battling, you know, with your opponent. you start hating them. them. it's the best game in the world, best time of year for it. we really look forward to this against a very good opponent that we respect tremendously. >>> yesterday 33-year-old bubba watson captured his first major title when he captained for par to win the masters over louis oosthuizen. bubba is also famous for starring in his own golf music video. ♪ i want my birdies all day long but the bogeys go and say hey. ♪ you want to play with the pros now hey. ♪ you got to hit it in the hole now hey. ♪ you want to read that cup yeah you got to give it all you got. ♪ oh oh oh >> golf boys features fellow tour players ben crane, rickie fowler. the video oh oh oh has received over 3,800,000 hits on youtube. i'm dave feldman. brian is back with more of the edge right after this. have a great night. >

from behind his own net, sends the pass to the right side to a wide open brooks laich who beats tim thomas, ties the game at three, laich with a goal and two assists. after the final horn backstrom sticks up for teammate alex ovechkin who was tripped by rich peverley. backstrom cross-checks peverley to the face and receives a match penalty which calls for a one game suspension. the nhl will review the play and could overturn the suspension. here's dale hunter. >> i think he was trying to protect his face. if you watch it, the stick is right in his eyes and it's a dangerous play on their part and especially for him because if you noticed it, every scrum nicky comes out with no helmet on. he gets blockerred to the head by thomas and the game before. so he's protecting his head. he just came out from 40 games. >> 40 games with a concussion. >>> caps and bruins game 4 thursday at verizon center. we'll be there live. i'm dave feldman. brian is back with more of the edge right after this. have a great night.   >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. ve

semin with the puck and look at him just rip off that wrister over the shoulder of tim thomas. capitals take a 2-1 lead. second goal of the playoffs. less than a minute later, boston with an opportunity. milan lucic at the bottom of your screen. holtby with the kick save. look at that, scorched through the legs. he gets to it just in time. 9 1/2 seconds to go, but the clock doesn't start right away. it was really weird. apparently the clock operator was trying to communicate with the refs to no avail. but it doesn't matter because braden holtby was there to get the final save right there. gloves it. 44 saves on the night. the capitals tie up the series at two games apiece. and this was a game they had to have. >> they came and fore-checked us hard. we turned the puck over a few times. and holts was very good. you know, he stood tall and kimd out a lot of rubber tonight. >> that goes to show how thick his skin is to be able to bounce back after four goals last game. and people are saying maybe the floodgates are open. and obviously he did a good job. that's a very veteran-like r

tim thomas made the first save but couldn't make the second.ward slammed home the rebound, and with that, the door was slammed in the bruins' season. the caps took out the defending champs with a dramatic 2-1 win in o.t. >>> and there's more where that came from, two more game sevens tonight. rangers and senators at 7:00 p.m. eastern on the nbc sports network. then at 8:30, panthers and devils from florida. >>> nba, the race for the scoring title has come down to the final game. thunder's kevin durant scored 32 in a loss to the nuggets. that means kobe bryant will have to score at least 38 tonight in sacramento to win his third scoring title. kobe, the ball is in your court. >>> baseball. the white sox paul konerko reached a milestone against the a's with his 400th career homer, just the fourth player in team history to hit that mark. howev however, the a's tied it and it was ended with a bloop single. in came the winning run. oakland won the 14-ingmar thon 5-4. >>> to cleveland, billy butler ended the winning streak with a pair of homers over

it's also been rookie braden holtby defending the league and going toe to toe with tim thomas. go, caps. stick with news4 for updates live from our dan hellie leading up to the game seven and tune in at 11:00 for the highlights after the game. let's hope for a win. love to see the caps move on. all right. >>> just to get evening, more pumped up for the game, maybe you should boycott boston. local caps -- brookslikeyear.com -- is calling on caps fans to avoid all things boston between tonight and the game. suggestions -- get coffee at places other than dunk indon'touts and a-- dunkin donuts and avoid picking up thing at staples. sometimes they're superstitious. to stay away from boston-based products, it might work. >> if you're a hard-core fan, you're doing it. >> no doughnut for me today. >>> ahead on "news4 today," fearing for his life, what zimmerman's lawyer is asking for to help keep his client safe while out of jail. >>> and i, too, want to slow jam the news. >> having fun on late night. president obama takes a break from his work with a little slow jam with jimmy fallon.

> funny thing was they played so well in game one and didn't get it done because couldn't solve tim thomas to come back and see him play as well as he did in game 2, got to give caps fans a lot of hope for the rest of the series, and maybe they found their goal tender of the future we don't know did you guys happen to catch the nats game yesterday? >> heard about it didn't see it. >> they lost 8-5 it is no big deal one of 162 when you see how they lost very first inning it is bizarre here it is scoreless 1st, scott roland with a chopper, throws over to adam clearly gets his foot down take another look, the umpire is not obstructed by the view not even close they don't get that call. that is strike three to bruce right? bruce was going to the dug out okay. dropped his bat went to first base called it a ball ryan ludwig that is strike three. three strike calls against the pitcher he can't believe it so that leads to this grand slam by ludwig after the next pitch the bat calls it first then the strike three on jay bruce and then the strike three on ludwig they lose 8-5 after the game, ross de

today, however, he was not perfect and neither was tim thomas for the browns. lucky for him, the teammates had his back and it was a tight one in boston this afternoon. nicky backstrom back for the one-game suspension and what a game it was. third period, tied at two and the forgotten cap mike knuble off of the rebound and the caps in front, 3-2 and how about braydenhopi. 34 saves and none more spectacular than this. you have to be limber, boys and girls. can you believe that? a blitz and comes up with the stop and tied at 3. late in the third and troy brewer said enough is enough and with that second goal of the series and the split doing net minder, i guess you could say. >> he battles extremely hard and he works smart as well and stays square and gets the job done and makes it simple. >>> they dealing first, gabby sanchez goes down swinging and anabell sanchez strikes out and straussburg with john buck the down. six strikeouts and six innings for him. no score, and desmond swinging for the fences and gets one to go over the fence in left fold and with that s

brooks laich with a loose puck beats marcus johansson who beats tim thomas and 82 seconds in a 1-0 scenariot period ovechkin falls down. dennis wideman is caught in the bruins zone. rich peverley breaks out on an odd man rush, waits, waits, fakes and beats braden holtby. tied 1-1. caps on the power play, alexander semin skates into the circle, wrist shot beats thomas, semin's second of the series, caps up 2-1. there were some tense final seconds. the bruins with their goalie pulled braden holtby will make a glove save right as time expires. he stopped 44 or 45 shots. caps edged the bruins 2-1 to even the series at two games apiece. afterwards high praise for the rookie goal. >> yeah. they came out real hard tonight and fore-checked us hard. we turned the puck over a few times and holtby was very good. >> game five back in boston and there will be a game six. lindsay murphy will have more from the verizon center on the news edge at 11:00. >>> an award ceremony for military kids with a surprise ending. this brother/sister duo thought they would leave with the trophy. instead they heft with so

tim thomas was stellar for the bruins and despite letting in the decisive goal in overtime braden holtbyd remarkably well in his playoff debut with 29 saves. >> you know, games like that, i want to be better but, you know, there's parts of my game tonight that needed to be better. but also -- >> in the second period you had to be sharp. they fired a lot of one timers and he was real sharp and kept us in there. i thought he played very well. i didn't see a lot of holes tonight. he worked very hard. i am hoping he ex-pendletpendedf energy and wore himself out a little bit. i hope he does that every game. he did a very good job. >> reporter: high praise from the trophy winner. most have already written off the capitals but if they can seal a win here tomorrow they're right back in this series. >> it's tough to lose. this is a tough time of year to lose. but you don't win the series in game one. there's a lot of hockey left to play. i like the battle from everybody tonight. i like -- i thought holtz was outstanding. we just got to stay out of the penalty box. >> we couldn't win the series to

tim thomas goes post to post to deny marcus johansson a goal. he thought he had made open net before thomas doe for the save. and on the champions tour, longtime cbs announcer bobby clamp it is back playing competitively after 20 years away. and how was this to celebrate? his 52nd birthday, he did not even know it because there were so few people on the green clapping. at 190 yds, it is his longest in his career. >> do we need to worry about the mess? when was the last time the mets were even a contender for a series? >> you can't really worry. they have a new stadium, there were more giants fans today there in new york. i understand it is a day game but there was at least 300 giants fans. much louder than mats fans. >> my son was one of them. i think that he missed class for that game. he was there because yesterday there were rained out so they had the double header and they let anyone who had tickets for tonight's game or early. so that is where the missed class came in. >> it is still white tonight out there for the second game. there were n

almost three minutes in, this was game winner, knubel going the other way, going hard to the net, tim thomas stops him but does not stop joel ward. johnny on the spot, putting the rebound back in, game over, capitals win 2-1. they take the series four games to three. after we asked joel ward was the win more relief or excitement? >> bit of both, i think the fact i got to contribute, for this team and on the scoreboard and at the same time to advance was key. >> you can see the wheels flying, and right now i can't say what i'm feeling right now i'm nervous and pretty happy. >> we were that one or two percent better, in the series, and got the final bounce. it's one step for us, we have more steps to go, this is the first big one that you have to have. >> there is something say about that last month, two months. season we were fighting for the playoff spot, digging deep and we had a lot of conversations with each other as teammates and it's nice to feel the reward as of right now knowing we're going in the second round. >> the capitals off today, will be back on the ice tomorrow and by tomorro

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bruins tim thomas only had 17 saves. it was scoreless through regulation. 60 minutes of regulation. nobody could get anything going but there's no shootout in the playoffs so another 20-minute overtime period but all the bruins needed was just a minute and a half. chris kelly shoots to win game one. >> it was a good battle for us. we got a lot to look at with tape and stuff. we are not happy with it but it was a good hockey game. we look forward to the next one. >> the next one is saturday afternoon. >>> nats home opener yesterday. gio gonzalez making his d.c. debut. seven strikeouts over seven scoreless innings. things got moving in the bottom of the 5th. nats with bases loaded. a single up the middle scoring 2 but they couldn't hold the lead. top of the 10th, a wild pitch from sip money. ryan zimmer -- is simone. ryan zimmerman races home. pretty exciting home opener day. >>> that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great friday. >>> it's turning out to look a little bit ugly on the northbound side of i-95 where you've got about a four-mile backup to this point at route

goalies with braden holtby impressing the entire league and going toe to toe with defending champ tim thomas. the puck drops at 7:30. cannot say it loud enough. go, caps. stick with news4 for live updates from dan hellie at td garden leading up to game seven. tune in at 11:00 p.m. for highlights after the game. >>> you'll need another way to get pumped up for the game. try boycotting boston. that's right. a local blog is calling on caps fans to avoid all things boston between now and tonight's game. suggestions -- get youth coffee somewhere else other than boston-based dunk yiin doughnutd avoid picking up things at staples. no boston cream pie. what else? >> seems extreme to me. go, caps. definitely support our guys. >> if you're going with the spirit, i'm going to go with it. i'll go and say no boston stuff until the game. >> no boston cream pie? you like the treats, i'm just saying. >>> another chilly start. you will definitely need the coat before you head out. >> and no clam chowder. you'll want something hot, though. down to near freezing in hagerstown, just 39 degrees. and there may be

they keep it in the zone, alexander semin with brooks laich in front scoops and scores, beats tim thomas front 1 -0. first minute of the 2nd period rich peverley into the caps zone. his shot deflects off the stick of john carlson, braden holtby unable to grub it, tied at one. just 12 seconds later alex ovechkin beats two bruins to the bouncing puck, then slaps it past thomas, caps regaining the lead 2-1. we're in good shape. 3rd period caps trial 3-2. nick backstrom with the lead pass, the right side to brooks laich who skates in all alone, beautiful scott, beats thomas, we're tied at three, but with less than two minutes left still 3-3. four on four hockey and chara gets a shot off. well, if you were to see it, chara gets the winning shot, but braden holtby the goalie was screened, a bunch of players in front of him. the goal was scored and the caps lose sadly 4-3 and trail the series two games to 1. so they'll be back on home ice thursday to try to even the series. >> they play good from behind. >> they do. this was one they kind of let slip away. also coming up we'll have stephen stra

bruins tim thomas only had 17 saves. it was scoreless through regulation. 60 minutes of regulation. nobody could get anything going. but there's no shootout in the playoffs so another 20-minute overtime period but all the bruins needed was just a minute and a half. chris kelly shoots, gets it past braeden to win game one. >> it was a good battle for us. we got a lot to look at with the tape and stuff but we -- we're not happy with it but it was a good hockey game. we look forward to the next one. >> the next one is saturday afternoon. >>> nats home opener yesterday. gonzales making his d.c. debut. seven strikeouts, over seven scoreless innings. got a standing o from the crowd. things got moving in the bottom of the 5th. nats based loaded. it's a single up the middle scoring two but they couldn't hold that lead. tied up, bottom of the 10th, a wild pitch from simone. ryan zimmerman races home and that's how the nats win 3-2. look at gonzalez, first guy out of the dugout. pretty exciting opening home opener day. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great friday. >>> thank

a score for boston but 13 seconds later alex ovechkin gets it under the glove of tim thomas. caps up 2-16789 the bruins not going away, though. they get two more past hopi. caps tie it up at 3. two minutes left in the game. one to go past. bruin takes game three 4-3. >> it's just hard work. it's not that we're not doing it. it's just we know as a group -- [indiscernible] >> somebody has to one and somebody has to lose. >> i think we played all right. we need to do better. >> caps not the only game in town last night. nats facing the astros. stephen strasburg in his home debut. the nats came back in the 6th. nats win this 6-3. gonzalez will take the mound against the astros tonight. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great day. >>> the wizards playing on the road with one of the league's top teams last night. washington in chicago tied at 75 in the 4th quarter john wall on the last break the jam. >> wall down the lane, pitches. there's the duck. >> very nice. seconds left. the wizards win 87-84. >>> hundreds of criminal convictions could be in

beats tim thomas. we are tied at 3. great game for like who had three points in the game.wo to play. it is four-on-four hockey now. the best player on the bruins gets it past hope. take another look at this thing. off the stick and into the net. turns out to be the game-winner. boston wins 4-3. timex pyres, you can see nick backstrom with a cross check on rich peverly. dale hunter backing backstrom who feels like he was just defending himself. >> i don't think he will be suspended. if -- if you slow it down frame by frame, where was his stick? it was up in his face first. if you watch it. just go back and -- rewatch it again where the stick is up in his face. because of his stick in his face, that -- the guy the stick up like that. and nicky reacted to it. it is dangerous play on their part. and especially for him because if you notice that -- every scrum nicky comes out with new helmet on. hit to the head by thomas. and the game before so he's protecting his head. he came off of 40 games. and -- you know. you have to protect your head. with his stick being in his face lik

one of the best goalies in the game tim thomas had no time to react.move on to the final seconds still 2-1. the clock was stuck. they got about five extra seconds did the bruins but never fear because holtby is here. one final save before the game ended. right here. holtby gives it and so do the caps. they tie up the series at two games apiece. they know they're going to get boston's best shot in game five after giving it to them last night. >> that's always your goal once you, when you have a loss is to bounce back and in the tough areas and i think we learned a lesson in game three that they are going to come back hard and we'll be ready for it. >> we got to come out with our own desperation. going into a tough building we've had some success insofar this season and we're able to get one win in the first two games. so, you know, we played tight in the building and try not to give out too many chances and just don't want to look it up again. >> all right. the surprising thing from yesterday's game is that alex ovechkin barely played in the final 15 mi

only problem though, tim thomas on the other end also on his game. third period. bs turn it over.hot stopped. scoreless after regulation and we head to overtime. just over a minute into o.t. marcus johannes sen shot, blocked by thomas. boston on the counterattack. chris kelly ahead of the attack and he beats holtby. the game winner. caps fall, 1-0. a tough break for holtby but the team knows the 22-year-old will be just fine. >> he's a battler and has always been that way in junior and up and so in the american league, too. so he's going to protect his crease and, you know, it's a tough job. a lot of traffic and he is going to have to battle and just like thomas has to battle and we're there now. >> it's my crease. you know, i don't really like to let anyone in there because i don't want to fight as hard as i can to find the puck and make saves. >> they're an aggressive team. they play to win. our job is to counter that especially myself battling for position in my crease and to fight to find shots through traffic. you know, there's times where i lost it yesterday and i want to be

tim thomas, so solid. look at the pad save there. then back the other way.t. the the bruins win it 1-0. all right. miami heat, chicago bulls. best two teams in the nba's eastern conference. a possible playoff preview. c.j. watson to three to tie it. with just seconds left. going overtime, they had a rough shooting night. in overtime, the jumper, and the bulls plug it out. 96-86. chicago will be the number one seed. all right, blake griffin is human. i admit, i say it all the time. i have a man crush on him. but this time it went krong. he's all alone and it's going to be awesome. that never happens. it's blake griffin. he's the best dunker in the nba. we have to tell you about this. rookie pitcher jeremy guthrie was bored on his first day with the colorado rockies. he sent out a tweet. anybody want to play catch. >> i live downtown. i have my glove. i said, let's do this. woody got the invite to coors field. they tossed the ball around and talked. it was a special day already for another reason. he's been fighting cancer for the last five years. he lost his

tim thomas was a hero for boston bruins.oal to joel ward, a guy who is not necessarily known as a big-time scorer in the nhl but an african-american player and then the floodgates opened up unfortunately and you got a chance to see a fraction of the awful tweets that people sent. it's just sad for hockey. sad for the nhl. a sport that's trying to crossover and become a more diverse sport and become a more assessable sport to all minorities and obviously this is not a sport that has a tremendous amount of diversity in it as it is now. it was tough to see. really, really unfortunate particularly this day in age with this hockey team, a team who won the nhl last year. >> here's why joel ward is my new hero of the day. he said to "usa today," it doesn't phase me at all. there's no lying about it. i'm definitely the one black guy in a room with 20 white guys. there are definitely some cultural differences such as taste in music but i've never heard anything derogatory. you have a son, i believe, who plays hockey. >> my oldest son

defender greg zanon blocking tim thomas and brouwer hooks through the five-hole and ends over 161 minutes for thomas. caps up 1-0. same score, third period, brian rolston, and powell yet. in overtime, holtly coming up big, stops the shot from patrice bergeron. holtby with with a career high 43 saves. later in overtime, thomas' turn now. turns away a shot from jay beagle, 37 saves for the veteran netminder, headed to a second overtime. almost three minutes in off the face-off. marcus johansen to niklas backstrom and that is your game-winner. caps win 2-1, even the series one game apiece. afterward, backstrom said, this was a battle. >> it's going to be like this every game, i think. i mean, not a lot of chances five-on-five, so you got to make sure when you get the chances, you have to put them in. and i think last game was a nice shot. tonight we'll get pore lucky. >> that's a huge game. as opposed to having to go home and having to at least take one and probably two if we would have lost tonight. we're not going to to get too high in this win but we're going to, you know, enjoy it for a

. >> reporter: two men were on board identified as thomas rhodes and tim presby, a lawyer.ritical condition with burns. three people in the store including lisa core dove arm injured, one of whom remains hospitalized. the national transportation safety board has been called in to investigate. >> the majority of the airplane was consumed by that fire. >> reporter: the plane crashed head-on into the store monday night at around 7:30. typically a busy time. >> it's truly a miracle that nobody was killed. >> reporter: the store had a surveillance camera. investigators tried to play the recording, but it looks like the tape was either damaged either in the fire or by water from the sprinkler system, so they're still trying to piece together what brought down that plane. lisa