niemi especially early. when detroit came out putting pressure on the early part of the game, of course the big faceoff win by thornton. >> darren: i know i've got you winded. you're on the ice for another key faceoff. how big is this going up 2-0 against detroit red wings? >> you've got to keep home ice. will be tough winning there. we've got to take care of your home ice skating. >> darren: what's been the biggest change in your game personally? >> nothing. >> darren: that a boy. >> thanks, panger. >> dave: stanley cup playoffs continue on versus. coverage begins at 6:30. next saturday on nbc, our playoff coverage begins at 12:30 eastern with potential game five between the lightning and caps. at 4:00 p.m., the first jewel of the triple crown, the 137th running of the kentucky derby. for joe micheletti and darren pang and the rest of our nbc crew, dave strader saying so long from san jose. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> angry mobs in libya set fire to the italian and british embassies following

niemi especially early. when detroit came out putting pressure on the early part of the game, of course the big faceoff win by thornton. >> darren: i know i've got you winded. you're on the ice for another key faceoff. how big is this going up 2-0 against detroit red wings? >> you've got to keep home ice. will be tough winning there. we've got to take care of your home ice skating. >> darren: what's been the biggest change in your game personally? >> nothing. >> darren: that a boy. >> thanks, panger. >> dave: stanley cup playoffs continue on versus. coverage begins at 6:30. next saturday on nbc, our playoff coverage begins at 12:30 eastern with potential game five between the lightning and caps. at 4:00 p.m., the first jewel of the triple crown, the 137th running of the kentucky derby. for joe micheletti and darren pang and the rest of our nbc crew, dave strader saying so long from san jose. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> 85-year-old boy found in a vacant howard county home. >> libyan officials say

later in the third, a couple of great saves by niemi, the puck goes in the air. dan boyle passes to safety, niemi also killed three penalties in the opening period. sharks win 2-1, they lead the series two games to 1, thanks to two goals by defensemen. >>> don't really care who scores the goals. great example tonight. both those guys made great shots and they got a big advantage and we didn't do that in the first round, got over- excited and got to go back to l.a., but we won the games there. so-- but i don't think we can roll the dice like that against detroit. >>> game 3 wednesday in detroit. >>> the a's trying to get to .500 this afternoon against the raping american league champs and the division rival rangers. the fan favorite hair style has reemerged. >> if i can't get it to l.a. to get my hair braided by the style isthat does my hair i'll probably have to go back the afro. >> well apparently cocoa couldn't get down to his stylist because the av row made its second appearance of the year. a's took control early. conner jackson doubled to right. crisp comes

niemi also killed three penalties in the opening period alone. the sharks win 2-1, they take the 2 games to none series lead, both san jose scores made by defensemen. >> i don't really care who scores the goal, both those guys made great shots and it's great to see. >> you got to take advantage of our own lines and we've got over-excited and we should go back to l.a. and we won the games there, so we're -- i don't think we can, we can't roll the dice like that against detroit. >> and that series will shift, now, to the motor city. >>> a's trying to get to .500 this afternoon against the reigning american league champ. the division rival range earnings, but the fan favorite, hair style reemerged. >> if i can't make to it la to get my hair braided by the stylist that does my hair then i probably will have to go back the afro. >> well apparently coco crisp couldn't get down to his style isbecause afro made his second appearance of the year. a's are in control early. crisp comes flying home, two runs score. a's up early. they weren't done yet. hideki

niemi says, i don't think so. sharks win it. they advance to face the canucks in the western conference final. >>> round one of the players championship at sawgrass. and tiger woods would not farewell. 4th hole, after going in the water once. he finds the drink again. tiger, triple-bogey, the 4th. 9th hole, putting for par opinion and his putt comes up short. he bogeyed the 9th and withdrew from the tournament. >>> and that will do it for this espn news update. i'm will selva. >>> looks like the producers of "two and a half men," have found a big enough star to replace charlie sheen. i think it's a pretty good pick. >> drumroll, please. ashton kutcher is putting the final touches on a deal to join the show this fall. he hasn't confirmed the deal just yet. but he did tweet, what's the square root of 6.25. the answer, 2 1/2. >> he's big on twitter. >> huge online. a clever way. he did confirm it. we'll see. >>> coming up, afraid of friday the 13th? you're not alone. we have a friday the 13th story around here. >>> and we'll have m

then the wings put another crowd in front of niemi. this time squeezes the puck in, sharks down a goal with six minutes to try and get even. they pulled niemi with a few minutes to go. sharks up 3-0. now see detroit come up with two wins to make the series a two game apair as they head to detroit. san jose now down to two chances. fred inglis saw two. >> detroit led for two minutes as san jose controlled just about every aspect of this game including outshooting the red wings 42-22. but detroit found a way to stave off elimination they used six shots to get two goals. >> they're such a good team, they're going to make us pay and they did that tonight. >> we go up 3-1. and we usually finish things off when that happens, but you know they are a good club and they just came back. just a couple of careless plays. >> we got some momentum but we have to continue to play the way we did in the third period. we can't play the way we did in the first period. because they were taking the game to us early on. >> we didn't play a hard game, that's

zeddenburg beat niemi. niemi was terrific in goals. standing on his head, he had 42 saves but as you see here, detroit a couple of minutes later scores one, and then the empty-netter. helm puts it in. sharks winning the first three have now lost the last three. final score tonight in detroit, 3-1, series is even at three. >> the performance tonight was disappointing. one team skated. the other people did not skate at all. >> 25 other teams are glad to be in position to be honest with you. we're going to try to do it in front of our home fans. >> we want to get on the plane and get going. we want to get home and restock the energy tank, if you will and find our legs and let's get skating. >> all right, the sharks outshot 45-25, but pam, we do have good news. kron4 continuing to give. you go to our facebook page, the blogger is in here now setting it up, go to the kron4 facebook page, you can win tickets to game seven on thursday night. >> i know, i just said that. >> did you just say it, too? >> you were not listening to me. >> then --

passed between niemi's legs. vancouver had just 13 shots on goal. it's not quantity, folks, it's quality. vancouver leads the best of seven series 3-1. >> i can't sit here and whine and gripe about the officiating because it had nothing to do with it. it was the team in white that created the mess. >> do you have the talent to win the next three games in we're going to find out. >> oakland hung in there against sanchez, but they can't win in this ballpark. josh willingham at the plate, just gets it over the 382-foot marker for the as first home run in a week. talk about a power outage. in the 7th, coco crisp line as double off jeremy afelt afelt. crisp turns on the afterburners and oakland stretches it 4-2. 8th inning. schierholtz facing -- who had not allowed a run since april 16 april 16th. schierholtz, mccovey cove. we go to extra innings, tied at four. steals the fifth base of the season. then emmanuel burrows at the plate. here's how it ended. here comes ford. here's the throw home. it is not in time. the giants have done it again. >> he scored

datsyuk from the opposite side blisters a slapshot niemi corrals. he had 38 saves tonight, they get the win to advance to the conference finals against vancouver. >>> now for inclusive team coverage here is kim coyle and marleau turns out to be the hero after all. >> reporter: after game 5 jeremy roenick called him gut less. after tonight he may have to call him the closer because for the second year in a row he scores the series winning goal against the red wings. >> yeah, the time of the game, series, late in the game, so it felt good and i hope there is a lot more of those. >> throughout the series we thought as a team he was still playing well and other people may not have thought that but in our room we believed in him and especially, you know, playing with him. so if i don't believe in him then what good am i as a teammate? >> it's disappointing losing, you know, coming back the way we did, getting down 3-0, playing real hard and believing in ourselves, finding a way to force it to a game 7 and, you know, just coming up short by a goal, it's h

another 5 on 3, sedin, blasts it by niemi. canucks win it, 4-2. take a 33-1 series lead back to canada. this has been your espn news update. for the latest, check out the highlight express. i'm max bretos. >> all right, thanks a lot. >>> we have proof now that an oldie still got it. from last night's billboard musing awards. ♪ sweet caroline good times never seemed so good ♪ ♪ so good so good so good >> you should see peggy dancing right now. neil diamond had the crowd singing along to "sweet caroline." he got an icon award last night. >> i'm sorry, he looked good. >> other big winners, rihanna and justin bieber. the 17-year-old singer looked pretty adult there gives his girlfriend, selena gomez a kiss there. and a youthful mother. she's very young. >> new hot hollywood couple there. >>> coming up next, the storying we'll be following later on this monday morning. >>> is sarah palin saying adios to alaska? the warm-weather state where she's been spotted. coming up. warm-weather state where she's been spotted. tends to st. staying active can

fire it past antti niemi for the goal. flib filppula's second of the postseason. later, devin setoguchi. howard, a great glove stop. setoguchi, trying to get the goal. jimmy howard was much too much. detroit dominated play. howard made 24 saves, as the red wings win it 3-1. >>> you're up to date for now. don't forget, for all of your highlights, join us for "the highlight express," here on espn news. ? >>> it's down to the final four, after another famous face exits the ballroom floor for good. romeo was dismissed from "dancing with the stars" last night. kirstie alley, ralph macchio, and chelsea kane battle it out next week. and ralph macchio and his partner, looking relieved there. romeo on his way out. >> i have my money on kirstie. >> she may be the fan favorite. >>> a swiss daredevil has finally fulfilled his dream to fly over the grand canyon. >> take a look at this. yves rossy's stunt was completed yesterday. he used his custom-built jet suit, i have one of those at home, soaring 200 feet in the air. and parachuted safely to the canyon floor. >> just how yo

antti niemi doing a good job and the early good news in british columbia. with time winding down in the first period, joe thornton, gets a goal past roberto luongo, the first goal of this series and the sharks went into the first intermission with the lead a few moments ago. the canucks answered and seconds ago patrick marlow picked up a goal for the sharks, and right now in the second period the sharks lead 2-1. the a's hosting the white sox today. a chance to win the series and give trevor cahill his seventh win and we found a fashion faux p pas, retro swerts, naters, not good look. two solo homers made for a tie game. top seven, ramirez with an rbi single bringing home former giants infielder omar vizquel and the a's answer with two more but still fall 4-3. the giants, cubs, finale as wrigley rained out. yesterday's giants win came in a rain-shortened game so didn't get started today and tim runs couple will have to wait to try to extend his 17-inning scoreless streak. the giants are alone in first place right now and they are at colorado who is on their

niemi was 35 saved in this game tonight. but the sharks well they should find their legs in time for game two wednesday night. reporting live in vancouver, fred inglis. >>> fred, find your legs for a couple of day there is in toronto. >>> the bears played in toronto. making up a part of a double header when the giants go back to chicago in noon. today the rockies went to the padres. san diego an 8-2 winner as the padres make it two out of three this weekend in denver. the rockies now a game and a half behind the division winning giants. >>> perfection is a hard thing to attain and maintain. something trevor cayhill was able to see. the a's got the run back in the fifth off mark burley. coco crisp with the run to left. runs hard to come by in this one. here in the seventh got another run with cayhill threw. rios scored. it was a three hit, two rbi day for the white sox. the white sox hang on 3-2. angels come to the coliseum tomorrow night. a half game in front of the rangers in the west and a game and a half in front of the a

he did the shot, niemi was still looking for it on his side. winning the series 4-1. end of the sere series, end of the season for the sharks. >> i was out of position, it slopped into a spot and i saw it. >> our core group, we still have three years left so we'll come back and be more hungry next year. >> a fluke goal to end the season for the sharks mark and you know yesterday tom mcclennis said there are no demons on this team. now you have to wonder as they cannot advance into the stanley championship once again. fred inglis. >> a word just excruciating. >>> nothing to it for the giants. every day seems like high voltage. finally catches up to them. but that doesn't mean you're never too young to fear the beard. fans teaching their kids right. but bases loaded in the third. sanchez over torrez. three run scored and the marlins wind up winning 4-1. that's all the time for sports tonight. >> all right, mark, thank you. >> thank you for joining us tonight. good night.

he did the shot, niemi was still looking for it on his side. winning the series 4-1. end of the sere series, end of the season for the sharks. >> i was out of position, it slopped into a spot and i saw it. >> our core group, we still have three years left so we'll come back and be more hungry next year. >> a fluke goal to end the season for the sharks mark and you know yesterday tom mcclennis said there are no demons on this team. now you have to wonder as they cannot advance into the stanley championship once again. fred inglis. >> a word just excruciating. >>> nothing to it for the giants. every day seems like high voltage. finally catches up to them. but that doesn't mean you're never too young to fear the beard. fans teaching their kids right. but bases loaded in the third. sanchez over torrez. three run scored and the

antti niemi had held the record -- when he was unchecked in front of the goal. detroit on a power-play. he said 33 of 34 shots and got some help on this one as nicholas takes a shot off of the post. he makes the most of their home games to open the series. the teams now head to detroit for game three on wednesday with that sharks in front. >> reporter: they knew detroit would come out with much more intensity but san jose meant that talent. antti niemi was excellent, but the man in front of him were just as efficient. what you know it, two defenseman scored the goals. the sharks are not even surprised about that. >> it is that time of year when everyone contributes at different times. >> different guys every night seemed to be stepping up. obviously the defenseman tonight -- the key for everyone -- it is playoff hockey. you never know what will happen. i thought they played good. obviously, it was a tight game. we played really hard. >> did you get a sense that they were getting flustered or frustrated? >> they are a scoring team, and offensive team. they have d

but niemi held on. red wings need a goal. the final moments. >> down the ice. the san jose sharks for the second year in a row eliminate the red wings. they are going the conference final against vancouver. >> it is funny. they are only half way home. tonight felt like the end of the season. they still have two more series to win the stanley cup. >> there is so much -- everyone is excited, game 7. lot of excitement. we have been here before and we didn't get the job done. that's all we can look at. there is more out there. more hockey to be played. i think guys understand that. >> all right. sunday and wednesday in vancouver. they return a week from tomorrow night, san jose for game three and then a week from sunday will be game four in san jose. number one seed vancouver. number 2 seed san jose. the sharks eliminate the detroit red wins in 7 games. giants are red hot. matt cain working tonight as they go for their 6th straight wing. mark derosa bear hand play. look at the play there. with sandoval injured, a lot of different people taking a crack at third base

first real bad performance by niemi. 14 canuck players have points in two games. 7-3. joe thorton is battered but he did answer questions. >> you know, it's tough. we know how deadly their power play is. yeah, you got to stay out out of the box late in games. >> be interesting to see if ben eager gets a lot of ice time on friday night. if the sharks want to make a series out of it, they have to win friday night in san jose. giants, strange and wild one tonight. 30,421, that was stretching the count. all that divorce business and who is going to own the team taking the toll on the fans. mark had a bad i didn't say, reinjured his left wrist without even swinging. interesting to see indeed if his season is once again through. base hit for tejada. giants 5-2. brian wilson, not very good tonight. blowing the lead. 2 run double by juan. giants miss his bad. loney ties the game at 5-5. 9th inning, cody ross makes everyone happy, to left field and that's your ball game. wilson had an injury that will be examined after the game. we will see tomorrow morning. errhineroin left wi

than it's blasted past niemi, 2- 0. still in the period. another 5-3, another vancouver goal. salo, again with two goals. then the sharks are down 3-0. vancouver on the 2-1 rush. perreault makes it 4-0. sharks on a late rally but lose 4-2. vancouver had just 14 shots on goal. it's not quantity, it's quality. vancouver leads the series 3-1. >> i can't sit here and whine and gripe about the officiating because it had nothing to do with it. it was the team in white that created the mess. >> do you have the talent to win the next three games? >> we're going to find out. >> game five is tuesday night in vancouver. baseball, a win for the giants today would give them a sweep in three consecutive years against the as. oakland hung in there against gentian sanchez today. sixth inning, josh willingham will just barely get it over the marker for the as first home run in a week. the giants still led 2-1. in the 7th, coco crisp led -- cliff pennington will score the tying run. then one bat later, derrek barton gets one through the -- he scores easily to make it 3- 2. oakland stretches it

vancouver hosts of games one and two and friday is game three at tank and vancouver peppering antti niemi with shots staying composed under pressure. that's good. moments ago the sharks just scored. joe thornton making it 1-0 as 1-0. faux pas, retro and current sweaters. down 1-0 after a solo shot and coco crisp gets a solo shot of his own, tying up at one and the bottom of the fifth. his own, tying up at one and the bottom of the fifth. chicago would tack unanswered to take a 4-1 lead. top seven, ramirez with an rbi single. omar advise kel, the a's would answer with two more. still fall 4-3 with cahill taking his first loss of the season. rained out. came into a rain-shortened game. tim lincecum has to wait until tomorrow to try to extend his 17-inning scoreless streak. the giants alone in first place and at colorado tomorrow in the nba playoffs, the western conference finals set today. a game seven in oklahoma city deciding who will face the dallas mavericks. great series with plenty of twists and turns between the thunder of oklahoma city and the memphis grizzlies coming down to this w

niemi was real good last night with 35 saves. i love this. spread eagle, yes. and then sedin scores late here, sharks lose 3-2, but the best of seven, todd mclellan, what do you say? >> they eventually beat us at the type of game we wanted to play. they won a lot of races. they sustained offensive zone time, and they wore us down. >> there will be football at candlestick park, college football. fresno state's pat -- hello, pat. and cal, head coach jeff tedford who once upon a time was -- headford was a quarterback for them as well, cal's stadium of course is being redone. they're going to play their games at at&t, except for this one, september 3rd, it will be at candlestick park, and then they'll tear up at&t. you already know our favorite. we'll give you $200,000 for it. you want a tractor puller, go ahead, for every cal game, they'll have to play for this year, except for september 3rd. i don't think that's on your way home. you'll miss that one. >>> stanford athletics has won another championship, it's women's water polo. they beat cal yesterday, 9-5. it's

much like game 5, detroit closes out game 6 in a flurry, wrist shot past antti niemi, tie game. next period, for the back-hand goal, 2-1, wings. they score three straight to win. game 7 thursday night at the tank in san jose. >>> tim lincecum struck out 9 against the d-backs but left the game in the 8th. cody ross, scores, giants win 1-0. their third walk-off of a home stand. bret anderson knocked around. beltre connects for a 2-run bomb off the lefty. yanged after 4 runs in 5 innings. a's lose in texas 7-2. >>> the debate on the set was if the sharks lose thursday it's the biggest post season failure in that team's history. roberta disagrees. >> i don't think it's a failure to make it to the playoffs. somebody has to lose. >> post season failure. >> don't break your leg jumping on the bandwagon when they win. i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a tar

reporter: in 2005, frederickson was the first officer on the scene when san leandro police offier in dan niemi was gunned down. both he and his wife are on paid administrative leave. >> this is a complicated family situation. it is more than unfortunate. i don't represent her. she has separate counts and i really can't speak to what is or isn't going on with her. >> reporter: now, cheryl frederickson was named the 2007 dispatcher of the year in san leandro. her department is investigating some administrative matter related to her but they won't tell us if it is related to her husband's trouble. though they live in danville, the police made it clear today that they do not think that this case is in any way related to the cneed t scandal in that area in contra costa and that there is any connection between jason frederickson and the police officers charged in that case. in hayward, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> an east bay family is accusing police of stone walling for refusing to release details. oakland police officers confronted matthew sikelski after getting a report that an armed man was h

you have to love ante niemi's record in the playoffs. he's never won a series. the sharks have shown a lot of resolve, bringing the counterpunch when they needed to. and they're focused on the task at hand. >> it's a big game. a huge game for us. we go back down 0-2. going in with the lead, we let that one slip. going in with the lead, we let that[ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> pretty smooth tonight. the battle rounds are heating up on "the voice." a standup performance by javier colon. offstage, our cameras caught up with colon, where he is taking part in the pro/

niemi shines. but a little tarnish halfway through the third. detroit starts to gain some steam. henrik zetterberg cracks the wall, tieing the game at 1-1. and the game-winner was two minutes behind that. filppula, with the back breaker. sharks fall in decisive game seven. thursday, at 6:00 p.m. at the tank. they're flying home tonight with a lot to think about. >> it's just not good. we weren't good. nemo was the reason the game was 0-0. it could have been 4-5. >> those are tough teams. this is our team this year. we know we can do game seven. >> a little less drama with the giants. opening the series against arizona. but still light torture. the giant hadn't scored runs until the bottom of the ninth. cody ross brings home darren ford as the winning run. the giants get their fourth-straight win. 1-0, the final. a's and texas, former oakland coach, ron washington, watching the rangers get to brett anderson. adrian beltre with a two-run home run. a storm rolled in, causing a rain delay. they picked it up about an hour later. and the score ended up the mirror opposite last night, w

antti niemi has been cool under fire and you want to think the sharks have the edge in goal, but detroit has a very mentally tough team with pride and experience. they can pull this off. the sharks, though, they have a night to sleep on it. >> our game 7s are a lot of fun. just in front of our home fabz. it's going to be a great atmosphere. we're looking for to it. >> pick any cliche you want. we're ready to go. we believe in each other. that's probably the most important part. we're going to lean on each other through this. we believe in this locker room. and we're going to find a way to pull this one out. >> lean on me when you're not strong. and joe's right. game 7 -- >> lean on me. >> jessica still believes. >> yes, i do. i believe. we'll be right back. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today, we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas school district to funding the institute at golden gate. because when you're givi

and kessler drills the shot past niemi. san jose called for too many men on the ice. canucks score again on the three. 2-0 vancouver. after delay of game penalty. the canucks score again. and canucks score 3-2 man advantage goals in a span of 1:55. that's never happened in stanley play off history. >>> it's sadin again to alex. he buries the goal and can't help but smile about it. mark edward blasic fires from the point. the canucks also disturbed -- also dished out punishment. it is elimination time for the sharks when they head back to vancouver on tuesday night for game five. four will have two the final as the canucks go up 3-1 in the series. fred inglis has more on how the canucks cashed in on their chances while the sharks did not. >> sharks were on the wrong side of history today as vancouver who scored just one five on three goal all year scored three one in five three goals. after scoring five goals in the first five opportunities in this series, they came out blank today. >> how much did the momentum change by going 0-5 in those power plays. >> it's frustrat

niemi look at this save here in the final moment. and you see the replay and his relief as the sharks hold on to the one goal victory. our resident hockey expert fred inglis has been hanging out with the sharks to the not so bitter end at all. bringing us some postgame perspective, fred. >> reporter: in the locker room none of the players wanted to call tonight's victory against detroit a defining moment in the shark's franchise history. but for at least a little while it did silence the would be critics as you said so did patrick marlow. patrick marlow had zero points in the first six games. it was criticized and called gutless by a former teammate. but marlow told me that his game winning goal was not about vindication. >> it feels good either way. you know being able to get the winner and contribute on the score sheet. have my name on there is nice but we still have the best hockey ahead of us and that's what i'm looking forward to now. >> there are times in the bench when i caught myself shaking, i was so so nervous. but we have

niemi look at this save here in the final moment. and you see the replay and his relief as the sharks hold on to the one goal victory. our resident hockey expert fred inglis has been hanging out with the sharks to the not so bitter end at all. bringing us some postgame perspective, fred. >> reporter: in the locker room none of the players wanted to call tonight's victory against detroit a defining moment in the shark's franchise history. but for at least a little while it did silence the would be critics as you said so did patrick marlow. patrick marlow had zero points in the first six games. it was criticized and called gutless by a former teammate. but marlow told me that his game winning goal was not about vindication. >> it feels good either way. you know being able to get the winner and contribute on the score sheet. have my name on there is nice but we still have the best hockey ahead of us and that's what i'm looking forward to now. >> there are times in the bench when i caught myself shaking, i was so so nervous. but we have

. >> in 2005, frederickson was first on the scene when fellow officer dan niemi was gunned down. his wife also works as a dispatcher for the police department and now both are on paid admi administrative leave. >>> matthew sikelski died on january 29th after officers shot him on taft avenue in oakland's rock ridge district. someone called police saying a man was harassing people. police arrived to find sikelski was wearing camouflage and say he wouldn't drop what appeared to be an assault rifle so the officers fired. it turned out to be a toy. >> our desperate need to know the truth is magnified by the discrepancies between the official police version of the events and what we now know that police shot matthew not only in the front but in his back. >> oakland police failed to respond to several requests for comments. >>> someone open od fire on a driver on interstate 780 last night. now, the highway patrol is trying to track down the man who pulled the trigger. terry mcsweeney reports. >> reporter: about 8:00 last night a white buick pulls up in front of mcdonalds. the passenger

it certainly the goalie antti niemi looked more and more like the goalie that won the stanley cup last year in chicago. late in the 4th period they held off a 5-on-three advantage for nearly two minutes. sharks scored their own goal in the 3rd. this was the car,' best game in nearly two weeks. >> i -- sharks' best game in nearly two weeks. >> i think we were composed and learned from last game. we stayed within our system, took a deep breath and went back after it. >> last time the five minute penalty, i don't like the call. i thought it was a good hockey hit, but found a way to win and that's all we needed. we just needed to win. >> i thought we were pretty disciplined. so if i were to comment on what i think of the penalties, i'd get a pretty big fine. so i'm going to save my money. >> reporter: not very happy after the game. sharks jamie mcginn says he expects to get suspended since that was his second misconduct call. he will probably miss game 4. logan couture left with an injury, returned and is expected to play game 4 which is sunday noon right here at the tank and overall, mark

it certainly the goalie antti niemi looked more and more like the goalie that won the stanley cup last year in chicago. late in the 4th period they held off a 5-on-three advantage for nearly two minutes. sharks scored their own goal in the 3rd. this was the car,' best game in nearly two weeks. >> i -- sharks' best game in nearly two weeks. >> i think we were composed and learned from last game. we stayed within our system, took a deep breath and went back after it. >> last time the five minute penalty, i don't like the call. i thought it was a good hockey hit, but found a way to win and that's all we needed. we just needed to win. >> i thought we were pretty disciplined. so if i were to comment on what i think of the penalties, i'd get a pretty big fine. so i'm going to save my money. >> reporter: not very happy after the game. sharks jamie mcginn says he expects to get suspended since that was his second misconduct call. he will probably miss game 4. logan couture left with an injury, returned and is expected to play game 4 which is sunday noon right here at the tank and overall, mark

still tried tied at three detroit's helm got passed niemi. they still trail the series 3- 1. sharks would like to wrap things up at home tomorrow evening. but would like it if they don't have to dig out of a big hole this time. >> i think we have certainly been outscored by a ton the first period. it is not for lack of being prepared. you know, we know what we have to do. >> we will be back into it. it is important to come up you know with energy but also controlled energy. you can kind of lose control a little bit when you are so excited. >> you can't put your foot off the gas. got to go, go, go until the final buzzer rings. so, you know, it's fun to be a part of. and every inch matters like you said. >> reporter: in playoffs action al -- vancouver's roberto luongo. a pretty fisher from joel ward. one time got it passed. and predators are out in front 3-2. predators then built themselves some cushion. they can't clear the puck from their end and that's trouble. ward bangs it home. nashville hangs on for a 4-3 win. the canucks still lead the series 3-2 as it heads back to nas

beating niemi with the backhand. the canucks win, 3-2. you're up to date for now. for all your highlights, join us on espn news' highlight express. >>> i like this story here. a connecticut high school senior is going to the prom after all. we told you last week about james tate who was suspended for posting a prom invitation on a school wall in 12-inch letters. school officials said it was a safety risk. >> you can't squash that romantic effort from a guy. they've announced james can attend. the international notoriety on this case definitely had an effect on the decision. they say, let the guy go to prom. >> it seemed like the right thing. a little overreaction. but it all worked out. >>> coming up next, the stories we're following later today. including a new era for chicago politics, beginning later today. we'll be right back. stay with us. stay with us. losing weight clicked for me when i lost weight right away. that weight tracker continued to go down and down and down. weight watchers online has some great tools. i just love the chinese buffet cheat sheet --

. >> officer frederickson was the first officer on the scene when officer niemi was gunned down. >> this is a complicated family situation. it is more than unfortunate, of course. i don't represent her, she has separate counts and i really can't speak to what is or isn't going on with her. >> reporter: now, cheryl frederickson was named the 2007 dispatcher of the year in san leandro. the department is investigating some administrative matter related to her but they won't tell us if it is in any way related to her husband's trouble. though the frederickson's live in danville, the san leandro police made it clear that they do not think that this case is in any way related to the cnet scandal in contra costa county and that there is any connection between jason frederickson and the police officers charged in that case. in hayward, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> a missing man was found in miss crashed airplane in the sierra this afternoon. robert brown took off from the lake tahoe area on wednesday for tracy and never made it. a search and rescue team found the wreckage of the plane and the

kevin zips it by niemi and they are in the lead for good. but it will get a whole lot worse as the great sedin twins make an appearance. just toying with the sharks here. daniel and brother henrick is assisting and it is 5-2. pick it up a little later and the sharks are even worse, trailing 7-2. how can you make a sharks score look back in igor turns that into a negative as he opportunities the goalie. he is penalized for the taunting. just completely became un glued down the stretch 2-0. they are down in the series. i will tell you what on television it looked like a complete and total meltdown. our fred inglis sees it unravel in vancouver. was it as bad rinkside as it looked on the tube, fred? >> it was just much louder, i guarantee you here at the rogers arena. i'm just next to the locker- room where the visitor sharks have come and gone and don't have much to talk about. the final 28 minutes of this game it looked like a professional tinman cage match and the sharks even lost that battle. but as you were saying number 55igor, he was just

kevin zips it by niemi and they are in the lead for good. but it will get a whole lot worse as the great sedin twins make an appearance. just toying with the sharks here. daniel and brother henrick is assisting and it is 5-2. pick it up a little later and the sharks are even worse, trailing 7-2. how can you make a sharks score look back in igor turns that into a negative as he opportunities the goalie. he is penalized for the taunting. just completely became un glued down the stretch 2-0. they are down in the series. i will tell you what on television it looked like a complete and total meltdown. our fred inglis sees it unravel in vancouver. was it as bad rinkside as it looked on the tube, fred? >> it was just much louder, i guarantee you here at the rogers arena. i'm just next to the locker- room where the visitor sharks have come and gone and don't have much to talk about. the final 28 minutes of this game it looked like a professional tinman cage match and the sharks even lost that battle. but as you were saying number 55igor, he was just

. >> niemi -- i name is kristen and i may ninth-grader at the leadership school. my question was, you feel really proud that you completed your father stream. you deliver those 5000 children but did you really want children that bad? he really wanted a boy so were you like --. >> you said he really wanted a boy? >> guess so how would he feel that you deliver those children children everyday. >> that is my profession as an obstetrician. i deliver lots of babies but as far as my father was concerned he didn't care whether he had oyster girls. he just wanted us as his daughters to the best we could to rise above and be educated and that would be the only way to get us out of the ghetto and get us into the mainstream. i'm sure he is happy in heaven that he has a daughter that is an obstetrician but i have course wanted to deliver babies since i was eight years of age. [applause] just come to the microphone. i'm not going to bite you. just come to the microphone. just come to the microphone. [laughter] >> okay. okay, do you think you were a ditchdigger to your son? >>