Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s rumble with the Lightning from Vogs, NHL.com, WashTimes (Whyno), Peerless, Frankovic, RMNB, KoL, and RtR, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Raw Charge for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice. [Caps365 video (Kettler Report, Boudreau, Ovechkin), RtR]
- Tonight’s game isn’t really about last May. It’s more about what kind of team the Caps want to be in the future. [WashTimes (Daly)]
- It will help to have a lean, mean Russian Machine. [WaPo (Wise)]
- Plus a more defensive Mike Green. [DCEx (McNally)]
- No disciplinary hearing means that Sasha Semin is available to suit up tonight. [CW (Whyno)]
- About last night. [RMNB]
- Meat potatoes, and perhaps a bit of a scoring touch. The Caps’ third line has it going on. [Dump’n’Chase, CI (Carrera), SBN-DC (Vingan)]
- Tomas Vokoun, your net awaits… [CI (Carerra)]
- …and he’s relaxed and ready for the challege. [CW (Whyno)]
- Marcus Johansson looks to be getting a sweater tonight, and no, he wasn’t exactly thrilled about sitting in the press box on Saturday. [CW (Whyno), CI (Carrera)]
- Nope, not thrilled at all. [CW (Whyno)]
- Every goal, every game. Can’t wait for the first Ovechtrick! [CW (Video Analysis), Capitals Voice (Walton’s game calls)]
- Five storylines for the season [CI (El-Bashir)]
- Let’s hope Evgeny Kuznetsov has saved up some goals for when he heads to DC, because this one was slightly spectacular. [KHL’s YouTube channel, via @GlobalCapsFans]
- Actually, that was his second goal of the game. The first is here at approx. the 1:36 min. mark, with bonus Jan Bulis action. [KHL’s YouTube channel]
- “Good morning, good afternoon, and good night.” Ain’t it grand to hear that on the DC interwaves? [Caps Overtime]
