Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Boudreau, Hamrlik/Vokoun/Backstrom/Johansson, MacLean, Ottawa players), Vogs, NHL.com, National Post (Panzeri), WashTimes (Whyno: gamer, blog, blog, blog), CI (Carrera: gamer, blog), CSN Washington (Gormley, Beninati), DCEx (McNally), 106.7 The Fan (Kerstein), Peerless, Frankovic, SB Nation DC (Doyle: gamer, quotes), DSP,  RMNB, OFB, MD Sports Blog, Caps by Puck, Capitals Outsider, Sick Unbelievable, Smoke Degrees, Inside Hockey, Alex Ovetjkin, Capital Spirit and Clydeorama (pics).
• That first goal of the season (and first goal since March) for Nicklas Backstrom?  Huge. [KoL]
• Film study: Backstrom's goal plus how the top line ended up -1 on the night. [CW (Whyno)]
• This once and future Washington Wizards fan is bringing teh hockey funny and dropping teh hockey knowledge.  [Caps Basketball (pregame, postgame)]
• Interesting: While it has been reported that Arron Asham will not face further disciplinary proceedings following his fight/taunting/what-have-you with Jay Beagle, hockey commentator Elliotte Friedman revealed that the League has issued a memo to all 30 teams to re-emphasize the penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct. [CBC.ca Hotstove (Wharnsby)]
• The fine folks at mediachameleon were visiting southwestern Ohio and came across this terrific team photo from Bruce Boudreau's salad days as a centerman for the Cincinnati Tigers. [scsr.org]
• Good morning, good afternoon, and good night Ottawa. [Caps OT]
• Another wild, high-scoring affair in Hershey's home opener ended in a 6-5 overtime loss, dropping them to 3-1 on the season. 23 goals were scored between the Bears and the Norfolk Admirals in their home-and-home series this weekend. [Patriot-News (Leone), SHoE, game highlights (YouTube)]
• In case you missed it, Cody Eakin had a pretty good game on Friday night. [SHoE]
• Finally, happy 26th birthday to Jay Beagle and happy 44rd to one of hockey's more bizarre characters, Joe Murphy.