Tuesday Caps Clips: Isles @ Caps Game Day

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: Brooks Laich #21 of the Washington Capitals is mobbed by teammates after scoring in the third period against the New York Islanders at the Verizon Center on March 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

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Previews of tonight's fandango with the Fishsticks from Vogs, NHL.com, SB Nation DC, WTOP, Peerless, CRtC and hockey yelling, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner (and the most underrated blog on the network) Lighthouse Hockey for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's optional practice. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Halpern, Knuble), 106.7 The Fan]
Remember when "Mike Green will be out until at least February 1" sounded like bad news? Well, it just got a lot worse. [WaPo, WashTimes, WTOP, DSP]
Tomas Vokoun has been pretty awesome over the past three weeks... [DCEx]
... and active... [WashTimes]
... while Michal Neuvirth has been pretty patient. [WashTimes, DCEx, Examiner, CSNW]
Wins are wins, but some of the play behind the recent ones is eyebrow-raising. [WaPo, Examiner]
Still, ugly wins are prettier than pretty losses. [CSNW]
The home-cookin' kitchen is about to close for a bit; be afraid... be very afraid. [DCEx (and again)]
Dale Hunter vs. Bruce Boudreau - who've ya got? (Um, not in a fight.) [CSNW (video)]
Here's hopin' the Caps' top defensive duo starts playing like it again. [hockey yelling]
Remembering "The Goal." [Dump 'n Chase]
Photos of the Backstrom boys. [Fredrik Etoall (h/t Malin)]
Team Russia head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov will meet with the Sashas and Dmitri Orlov tomorrow in Montreal. [Sport-Express, via GoogleTrans]
♫ And the best game you can name, is the mascot hockey game. ♪ [Caps365 (video)]
Finally, happy 20th birthday to Stanislav Galiev.