Your savory breakfast links:

• Previews of tonight's Game 3 with the Lightning from Vogs, NHL.com (Compton), WaPo (Carrera), AP (Goodall), Peerless, RtR and CRtC, 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 (just the hockey stuff) from yesterday at KCI:
  
  • In general. [Caps365 video (Boudreau, Kettler Report), CI (Carrera), CBC (Whyno), 106.7 The Fan (Kerstein), bridgetds (pics)]
  • Accountability time on the power play (including a guy getting nine seconds calling out his mates). [CW (Whyno), NHL.com (Masisak)]
• And from the Bolts side of things:
  • In general. [St. Pete Times (Smith)]
  • Simon Gagne hopes to play tonight. [St. Pete Times (Cristodero)]
  • Here's a Steve Yzerman feature, if you're into that sort of thing... [St. Pete Times (Shelton)]
  • ... and one on Victor Hedman... [St. Pete Times (Cristodero)]
  • ... and one on Dwayne Roloson. [Globe and Mail (Duhatschek)]
• The Post has put away the panic button, and Mike Wise tells you why. [WaPo (Wise), with more on the team's mindset from Katie Carrera and why maybe it is panic time from QMI]
• That said, the Caps know that it's time to get their [blank] together, or else they'll be up [blank] creek without a paddle. [NHL.com (Masisak), DCEx (Loverro), WashTimes (Whyno)]
• And sticking with nautical metaphors, they need more from the captain if they're to right the ship. [NHL.com (Masisak), THW]
• But it's not all on AO - it's about leadership, generally. [Frankovic, OFB]
• And it's not all on the forwards. [Puck Update]
• Your optimal line combos (spoiler alert: they might not include Mike Knuble). [RMNB]
• It's a trap! [National Post (Arthur)]
• Here's what the talking heads were saying when the Caps were in a similar situation two years ago. [D.C. Sports Bog]
• More from the intersection of Caps hockey and the big world news of the day/week/month/year. [SportingNews (Custance), ESPN (Burnside), D.C. Sports Bog, CI (Carrera), WashTimes (Whyno: article, blog, blog), CSN Washington (Raby), DCEx (McNally), and you can read the relevant and oft-referenced excerpt from Bruce Boudreau's book Gabby here, from when we ran it nearly two years ago]
• Some more thoughts on Game 2. [CSN Washington (video), FanPost, 106.7 The Fan (Elfin), RLS, Sick Unbelievable, TSN.ca (Cullen), Chirps, Beasts of the Southeast, clydeorama (pics), Box Seats (Cooper)]
• Pretty interesting juxtaposition - one letter to the editor praising The Post for not cleaning up Alex Ovechkin's quotes and a blog post questioning the Caps doing exactly that. [WaPo, Bolts Report]
  
• Nothing to lost in translation here: AO's Top 5 Plays of the Week. [CSN Washington (video)]
• Marcus Johansson is flying under the radar (but not for long). [ESPN (Hradek, $)]
• Jeff Schultz bobblehead joke-off in the comments. And... go! [Charity Hockey Classic]
• Speaking of charity, Mike Green gets nominated for being a top-three good dude, League-wide. [NHL.com (Kalan)]
• HBO took home an Emmy last night for 24/7 (marking the first win for the Caps or Pens in quite a while). [NHL.com]
• Brett Flemming is a third-team OHL All-Star. Congrats. [OHL.com]
• Finally, happy birthday wishes go out to a pair of former captains, as Rod Langway turns 54 and Jeff Halpern turns 35, and happy 57th birthday to Robbie Moore.