Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, blog), DCEx, CSN Washington (highlights (video), Beninati), DCEx (blog), 106.7 The Fan, Peerless, Frankovic, KOL, DSP, Caps Basketball, Examiner, The Checking Line, Puckhead, OFB, Sick Unbelievable, and RMNB, and from the Sens' side of the ledger, Silver Seven.
  • Welcome back, Alex Ovechkin ... [Alex Ovetjkin, Half Smokes]
  • ... you've been missed ... [NHL.com]
  • ... though Chris Neil and maybe even Sheriff Shanahan may feel somewhat differently. Expect to see more about this story today. [RMNB, PHT, Puck Daddy, Canoe.ca, CBC.ca, TVA, @Ian_Mendes]
  • HNIC was watching Twitter so you didn't have to... [CBC.ca]
  • ... and here are the players' reactions. [The Score]
  • Fight Card: Brouwer vs. Winchester [HockeyFights]
  • Oh hai there @GreenLife52. You seemed to be in quite the chipper mood last night. [Glittarazzi]
• Jason Chimera seems a natural fit for Dale Hunter hockey. [WashTimes]
• Troy Brouwer checks in at the quarter-pole. [Homer McFanboy]
• What is it with the Caps' goaltending? [WaPo]
• Hey, maybe they could call up ... Philipp Grubauer. [WashTimes]
• Historically, changing the coach hasn't proved to be a quick fix. [DCEx]
• Bridging the scoring chances divide. [ESPN Insider $]
• Oh, and about that power play. [WaPo]
• Brooks Laich chatted up the Sports Junkies. [106.7 The Fan]
• Sky Kerstein and Dave Ross talk Caps. [FOX 5 (Video)]
• Trends We Don't Like That I've Spotted, Capitals edition. [Driving Play]
• It's karaoke time on Caps Breakaway. [Caps Overtime (video)]
• Finally, congratulations to Evgeny Kuznetsov, voted as a starter into the KHL All-Star Game by his fans. [RMNB]