Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Vokoun), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer), WashTimes (gamer), CSNW (gamer, blog), DCEx, 106.7 The Fan, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, SB Nation DC, KOL, DSP (gamer, pics), Examiner, hockey yelling, RtR, Caps by Puck (pics), Caps In Pictures (pics) and clydeorama (pics).
  • Everything you could possibly want to read about Mike Green's return to the lineup from before the game. [WaPo (and again), WashTimes (and again), DCEx (and again)]
  • Hopefully the win wasn't a costly one - Nicklas Backstrom had three assists before Rene Bourque did his dirt and the Caps' top pivot was "being evaluated" post-game. [CSNW, WashTimes, WaPo, DCEx, Puck Daddy, SB Nation DC]
  • A couple of ex-Caps remember their time in D.C. [Calgary Herald]
• Mike Knuble talks about his surprisingly reduced role so far this season. [WaPo]
• Is it better to be lucky than good? Of course not. [WaPo]
• A look at the Caps and their standing in the standings. [Puckhead]
• If you're not quite ready to let 2011 go, here's your #6 Caps story of the year that was. [Peerless]
• Read this stuff about the future of the Winter Classic in D.C. and let's agree not to talk about it again until there's something to talk about, mmm'kay? [Ted's Take, WashTimes, Puck Daddy, DCEx]
• And speaking of Baltimore (nice segue, eh?), the Caps and The Wire. A match made... somewhere. [FanPost]
• Evgeny Kuznetsov has been turning heads at the World Junior tourney... but Caps fans will have to wait a bit before they can start cheering for him at Verizon Center. [WashTimes, RMNB, a note at THN... and a note that not all of Canada is impressed]
• Finally, Lil' Wayne is a Caps fan? Alrighty then. [WTOP (h/t Jake Shapiro)]