Your savory breakfast links:

• Previews of tonight's battle for Eastern Conference supremacy with the Flyers from Vogs, NHL.com (Kimelman), WashTimes (Whyno), Peerless, RtR, CRtC, Puck Buddys, Frequent Flyers and CSN Philly (video), and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Broad Street Hockey for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
• Notes and assorted whatnot (read: injury updates) from yesterday's practice. [Caps365 (video), CI (Carrera), CW (here, here, here), DCEx (McNally), 106.7 The Fan (Kerstein), Caps Snaps (pics), bridgetds (pics)]
• Reactions to the news of the day: Alex Ovechkin's injury/ailment/whatever. [Capitals, Ted's Take, CI (El-Bashir), Puck Daddy, KOL, NHL.com (Rosen), Frankovic]
• And while we're on the topic of resting key players, there's no need to rush Mike Green back either. [Hockey Independent (Scriven)]
• Sticking with Bruce Boudreau through the tough times has served the Caps well... so far. [NHL.com (Masisak)]
• Defense wins championships. Or something. [WashTimes (Daly)]
• The case for (a healthy) Semyon Varlamov. [Insider²]
• Ted Leonsis wants to win. Badly. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
• Short power plays are the best power plays. [FanPost]
• Are people really clamoring to buy tickets to stand for 41-plus games? [D.C. Sports Bog]
• Here's the latest edition of DCEx's Caps Extra (featuring a Hershey Bear). [Capitals (PDF)]
• It's disappointing to see Ovi associating himself with a guy like Mike Vick (because he's a Philadelphia Eagle... what'd you think I meant?). [D.C. Sports Bog]
• Dmitry Orlov is already an impact player in Hershey. [RtR]
• Regina loves Garrett Mitchell. [Regina Pats]
• Finally, happy 34th birthday to both Tom Poti and Joel Kwiatkowski, and cheers to the 46th anniversary of the birth of the late John Kordic.