Can be played by beagle. Challenged by bickell. Forced behind. Orpik goes after it with sharp. They close off. Hjalmarsson saw it tipped ahead. Carried on by backstrom. Wanted to weave one through. Charging after it and unable to generate anything right away was beagle. It is onehanded along by oduya. Finessed by sharp and carried on by bickell for shot that bounces wide. Floated along to bickell. Knifed away by the capitals and forced on but out of play into the bench area by Alex Ovechkin. 8 10 to go third period of play. What would happen if you put Geraldo Rivera vivica a. Fox and eddie olczyk together. New season of Celebrity Apprentice premieres this sunday at 9 00 on nbc. Eddie a tip for the breeders cup. Mike shots are 3030. Goals are 22. Turned out again by johansson. Followed up by kuznetsov who gains the zone. Koousz wedged off by seabrook so he can play it back to him. Touched rapidly up the boards to kane. Right back ahead. Try to get there. Burrowing ahead is saad. Going to work on him is mike green. Forced on by hillen. Turned across the net mouth wide from brad richards. Eddie had kane wide open. Mike carried back by kuznetsov. Dropped to johansson. Kuznetsov, a backhander would not go remarkable goal keeping in this contest today. Richards holds and swung one that ricocheted off the outside of the cage. Changing direction off a capitals skate. So its rozsival. Rundblad takes a look at everything thats filtering around him now. Shift changes have been made. Jonathan toews has just jumped onto the ice ice if from the boards. Sharp with a shot thats carefully held by Braden Holtby and with 7 06 to go in the third we stop again. Eddie a couple of close calls out here in front of Braden Holtby. That last chance, doc, of brad richards, that puck took about three or four different bounces. Almost had that pinball effect. He was actually trying to make a pass. Second base to right field. Just took a hard right. Went right to the left side of Braden Holtby. Pierre dont you think, eddie, right now, just get pucks to the net as often as you can. Eddie without a doubt. Whether youre playing at nats park or somewhere in minnesota, the games on the line. Now their tempo and pace really goes up. Mike rozsival hands it on across. Rundblad able to play it back behind. Sharp turning there. Duels with orpik. Puck kicked along to ward. Orpik gives it on now to brooks laich. Laich carry off. Rozsival deals with him. Eric fehr able to wheel it back to orpik. Orpik slides it across. Carlson a shot deflected up to the glass by crawford. That high glass and battled for behind. Ward couldnt come up with it there, and its along now for the twisting move by sharp that gets it as far as center and he will come to the bench for a change. It will look like he got hurt on the play. Meanwhile, laich across for a shot by ward and eventually held by crawford. We had one black hawk go down. Versteeg, to our knowledge, pierre, has not returned but sharp was shaken up now. Pierre sharp is fine. Hes just recover ong the bench right now. But, no versteeg has yet to return. That didnt look good by the way, versteeg blocking that shot, but sharp is fine. Eddie with one less forward a lot of line changing going on by joel quenneville. We just saw sharp out there with toews and hossa. Now you have saad, who had been with those two and toews and hossa out here with ben smith and kruger. Mike the hawks to the offensive. Decide to acquiesce. Sent on for hillen by green, to backstrom ahead. Met at the line by hjalmarsson. Puck deep. After it is oduya. Oduya again but beagle around behind. Beagle still working there, able to work it far side for a shot by ovechkin that ricocheted on back. Green with a shot and that one deflected around behind. Taken along by backstrom. Has ovechkin nearby but preoccupied with a wham ta came from hjalmarsson. Feed in front, shot kicked away. Ovechkin tries to get free. Stick held by beagle. Fans wanted a penalty. None called. Shot just beyond the glove hand of crawford and hell hold this one. Its not new. And thats what you like about it. It is not back. But its always got yours. Its crunchy lettuce. Creamy mayo. Crispy chicken. Made with a pop of pepper and a little tlc. All for just a dollar. No bells, no whistles, no apologies. The mcchicken you know the mcchicken you love. Part of dollar menu more. Choices you can count on at prices youll be lovin. Mike 42,832. Kind of thought about some future game in future year. How about beaver stadium, penn state . Theyve had a crowd of 111,000. The record set at Michigan Stadium last year 105,491. Just a thought for the future. And if it rains the day before they can practice at that brandnew rink thats just wonderful at penn state. Eddie blue ice arena. Mike keith in deep. Forcing one around behind that can be played by saad. Off the knee of orpik. Chased down by brooks laich. Seabrook is back. Laich moves on trying to work around behind and goes to corn we are seabrook. Meanwhile meeting him in there is marian hossa. Eddie great recovery from seabrook on that oneonone. Great stick. Mike sent behind by joel ward taken on by keith. Worked by saad. Carried by toews. Advanced off of hossa. 4 40. If tied, there will be an overtime. If still tied, a shootout. Those of you watching last new years day remember. Bouncer whacked along by hjalmarsson. Sent further by johansson. Carried back up by bickell. Heres bickell motoring on with sharp. Got it to him. Sharp taken out of the play but angles it on to bickell. Knocked away by hillen. Just away from shaw. Can be played by brouwer. And brouwers pass is on the money for johansson. Connected back out again for the carryon by sharp. His shot was blocked away by holtby. Oduya flipped one along and a penalty is coming up i think. Pierre called an offside there. Mike i think the blackhawks may have gotten away with one. Pierre they did. Mike 65. Pierre andrew shaw certainly did. Eddie right in the high slot. Pierre this is what doc was alluding to. Andrew shaw, convenient on purpose, eddie . Eddie looked similar to the penalty earlier in the game. Tom wilson took the skates out from under corey crawford. Mike back down for an icing. Eddie Patrick Sharp with ten shots in this game. Still four minutes left to play in regulation. Mike funny to see karl alzner and patrick kane scharharing a cup a minute ago. Opponents but for three seconds the garrard dropped justuard dropped just a second and now back on. Niskanen banks it ahead. Down it goes and hjalmarsson after it. Up the boards and taken there by kruger. Carefully back to hjalmarsson. 3 45 to go in the third. Aler in forced it a way from kruger. Worked back out where it can be handled by keith and blasted back in. It is richards leave it across. Joel ward there. Tipped on back forny. Shaw got there. Led it on to kane. Around for shaw and were going to get a delayed penalty against washington. Heres seabrook then on to kane. Kane taking a look drifting across. Got it under. Side of the net, banked on for a play to be made behind by seabrook but thats where its held and were going to get a boarding called. Eddie Matt Niskanen for boarding on andrew shaw. Comes in shaw turns and there you see from behind in the boards. Thats what the referee sees. Mike the sixth power play for the blackhawks. The capitals have had two. So power play number six in a 22 tie with 3 11 to go. Sharp able to have this one. Then kane. Takes a look towards keith. Deals it in to toews. Toews has sharp, gives it to him. Then toews. Then sharp. Then toews. Then kane. Dropped it off to toews. Blocked off by brooks orpik. Orpik able to clear, not out. Held by sharp. Back across. Keith to sharp, then on to toews. Kane nearby and gives to him. A couple head fakes into the back, sharp a drive and that one blocked up high off after brouwer. And can be played further by keith. Rattled around and kane can take it. 1 15 to go power play. And they rule that sharp did not hold it in. Eddie looked like from my Vantage Point it barely came over the line. Does it come teat completely over the line. Looked like it just might have been on the edge of the blue but it ended up being behind Patrick Sharp that made that call. Tim nowak was on the opposite side. Scott cherry right in front but thats not his call. Mike off this tieup hossa flicked it on back. 2 20 to go in the third period of a 22 tie. 42,000 watching here in washington and all of you. Given across. Seabrook a drive. Pad stop rebound. Flipped along, not out. Set up now, another shot. Off bickells stick got the glass and can be played around and once more seabrook to hold. Then along to saad. Looking to the front where bickell has planted himself. Seabrook shooting and that one blocked off. Rebound turned around to the front and cleared back out again by beagle. Half a minute to go on the power play. Two shots on this power play already. Rifled back in by seabrook. Around it goes near bickell. Touched behind. But its alzner to play it there to backstrom. And backstrom is able to make them chase. Richards again. A dozen seconds to go on this power play to the last 1 20 of regulation time. Alzner tries to deal with toews. There will be a penalty coming up and this one is going to be on the blackhawks. The call is a hook. It will be toews to the box. And a power play for the caps late. Eddie fouronfour for two second. We saw a penalty that should have been called on andrew shaw before. Wasnt called. He takes a hit from behind on Matt Niskanen. Boy, that in the midsection. Real quick and it looked like it got all stick but right in front of the official again. Awfully snug all of a sudden late here in period three in the winter classic. Pierre everything runs through Niklas Backstrom on this Washington Capitals power play. 19 in red. Mike niskanen is out of the box, and so the advantage begins. Rifled by hjalmarsson and back down. The final minute of regulation time. Eddie if the capitals make any adjustment on their power play, everything will be outside on their power plays. Mike johansson moving along wit. Pivot. Backstrom back to niskanen and he couldnt handle. Back at center they will drift. Slowed down by crawford. Worked by brouwer. Around behind again. Thrown into traffic by hjalmarsson and he battles some more. Picked up by keith, tries to muzzle it on. Gets it as far as center and so its niskanen. Half a minute to go. Oduya back onto ovechkin. Rattled back in yet again. Around it comes to hossa. Drills it back along off a capital out of play. Center ice faceoff. 1 09 of power play time but only 22. 2 here in the third. That power play time would carry over. Eddie if the capitals are going to shoot the puck in they have to do a better job of retrieving it. Cant just shoot the puck in and think its going to get back to you. Very easy to this point for the blackhawks while shorthanded. Mike green to ovechkin and back. Watched by seabrook, who blocked it. Ovechkin tried to follow up. Loose puck, shot, score its brouwer and its 32 with 12. 9 to go eddie instead of shooting the puck in, Alex Ovechkin is able to carry the puck in. The quick pass from mike green. Watch what happens. Ovechkin breaks his stick right there. It gets slashed right out of his hands. Troy brouwer beats corey crawford. Pierre that was just quickness more than anything else. What a shot by brouwer. What a great play. Eddie literally a broken play. The stick of ovechkin. Hes wondering why there was no penalty. And then brouwer goes glove side. It looked like from that Vantage Point that crawford was able to see that. I dont think it was a screen at all. Pierre i dont think there was a screen eddie. I just think that release was so quick. Fooled crawford just a pinch. Eddie brouwer made a complete spinorama there and just find this puck. Watch the area of the ice. Theres brouwer right next to ovechkin. Maybe right there as ovechkin was coming without a stick, maybe at the last second he moved out of the way and brouwer is able to take that shot. You see crawford kind of leaning a little bit, but thats one of those i think youve got to stop. Mike saad was guilty of a slash on the play. The penalty sticks. The blackhawks have five guys out right now because the net is empty. Eddie thats the right call no question. Penalty for breaking the stick of ovechkin. Mike to the last ten. Played up the boards onetimer seabrook in front, another shot and reaching for it isand the game is over mike the powerplay goal at 19 57, 59 47 of the game the capitals led 20. It was time for the longest time before brouwer cashed in. Mike it is a classic tradition. And troy brouwer you notice got a couple of extra handshakes from some of his old teammates. Mike a wild power play finish. Eddie the blackhawks able to get a puck into the offensive zone. Holtby thinks about freezing it throws it in the corner kept in at the point. Seabrook with a shot and this puck starts taking a crazy carom right off the stick of john carlson right to patrick kane, and Braden Holtby really aggressive there with an outstanding stop. And you see the reaction from holtby after s kane with really literally one second remaining in the winter classic. Mike joel quenneville, barry trotz, coaching staffs having a word at center ice. All very friendly and respectful. Capitals players hold their sticks up to salute the crowd. Pierre mcguire troy brouwer. Pierre thanks very much doc. Gamewinning goal, take us through it. Weve been working hard to get some dbs the entire night. Faceoff in the neutral zone broke a stick and luckily i was able to pick up the puck turn arnold and throw it in. Pierre youve played for the Chicago Blackhawks played in a game back at wrigley field. What was this game like compared to that one . It was a lot of similar feeling. You know, home game there, home game here. You know family in town, a lot going on. But the crowd here was amazing. You know, the crowd in chicago was phenomenal but, you know, the fans here in washington, we love them to death. You know, they do a great job, put on a great event, and were real happy we could get a win for them. Pierre does this help the hockey environment in washington . I think it does. Over the last couple years, Alex Ovechkin, Niklas Backstrom, theyve put a lot of good hockey fans in the seats and, you know, just does nothing but good things for the city of washington and washington. Pierre that whats your takeaway moment for this winter classic . Love being on the ice i think was a big moment. Its always fun. They did a great setup over there. Obviously the finish being able to score a goal against my old team is also real special. Pierre had a fantastic month of december. Now youre starting january obviously on a roll. Can you springboard by using this game . I think so. I think we only had one game where we didnt get a point in the month of december and we want to continue that. We had some good games against pittsburgh and the islanders, teams we want to catch in the standings. You know, tonight goes a long way towards catching them. And, you know, we want to continue rolling and tonight was a great stage to do it on dramatic finish and, you know, gi of confidence and excitement Going Forward here. Pierre congratulations and thanks very much for doing this. Thanks pierre. Mike the season will be half over a week from saturday. But washington is in third place, one point ahead of the rangers. And six behind the islanders for second. Lots more to come because of the troy brouwer goal. It was the capitals three and the blackhawks two. [ shutter clicks ] hi there [ laughs ] im flo i know im going to get you your rental car. This is so ridiculous. Were going to manage your entire repair process from paperwork to pickup, okay little tiny baby . Your car is ready, and your repairs are guaranteed for as long as you own it. The Progressive Service center a real place, where we really manage your claim from start to finish. Really. Easy as easy can be bye for the nhl foundation and hon ta the biggest assist happens off the ice. Liam mike and keith wrapping up with their final thoughts. Doc, thanks so much. Began with the music of billy idol finished with a goal with about 13 second to go. Troy brouwer gets the gamewinner pshgs caps get the victory. An incredible event, one of the best games weve seen in winter classic history. What are you going to remember about this . Special teams for the Washington Capitals. Youre looking at a confident group, capitals continue to play well. They end up with the powerplay goal to win it. The fiveonthree kill in the Second Period was critically important to allow the capitals a victory. Holtby played well in goal pap lot to like about the way the Washington Capitals are playing right now. Not just to like about them. Theres always been stuff to like about the Washington Capitals, but the fact they have a different approach with a different coach, there was always a feeling that they would disappoint. That feeling seems to be dissipating as time goes on with this club. Pretty impressive. Again, winter classic all about this day. Nothing is like any other regularseason game. In fact, we gave away a car at the end of the day. Its all been tremendous including billy idol. In the regular season its really the grandest stage the sport has to offer, and today it was the capitals victorious here at nationals park. Guys, always a pleasure. Right now we go back to doc emerick. Final score in the game again capitals 3, blackhawks 2. Wildcard saturday night is on nbc. Its win or go home for bitter rivals, the ravens and the steelers. Coverage begins with football night in america at 7 30 eastern only on nbc, the home of super bowl xlix. Thanks so much for watching the bridgestone nhl winter classic. Billy idol was mentioned. So also should have been Lee Greenwood and gavin degraw. The army chorus. And the pilots of those f12s that flew over. For eddie olczyk pierre mcguire, liam mchugh, mike milbury, keith jones, jeremy roenick, jim cantore, what a cast. Im mike emrick saying happy new year from washington. Its the time of year for making lists. At chevrolet, weve made it onto a few lists ourselves. In fact this year, weve been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. Now during the chevy year end event, put us on yours. Choose an impala