Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's big win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, blog), CSNW (gamer, blog, blog), 106.7 The Fan, Puck Daddy, PHT, SB Nation DC, Frankovic, Peerless, KOL, DSP, RMNB, RtR, Capitals Outsider and hockey hourly.
  • The Red Wings apparently haven't picked up their copy of The Book on Alex Ovechkin. (And that was pre-game.) [NHL.com]
  • Notes on the Dale Hunter's lineup decisions with regards to skaters... [WaPo, WashTimes, CSNW]
  • ... and the netminders. [WashTimes, CSNW, WaPo]
• Roman Hamrlik doesn't understand why his teammates are can't just play the way they're supposed to play. [CSNW, PHT]
• Unsurprisingly, the Caps' drop in power-play opportunities is mostly attributable to a drop in the number of restraining fouls they're drawing. [WaPo]
• The numbers (well, some of them) say the Caps will be fine. [Backhand Shelf]
• With your help, we can eliminate the frivolous use of "must-win" in our lifetime. [Sick, Unbelievable]
• The Times is running a series on Hunter's impact on London Knights hockey... as epilogue or prologue? [WashTimes]
• If the Caps are "[e]asily the most disappointing team of the NHL season"... what does that make San Jose? [ESPN]
• Finally, happy 29th birthday to Dennis Wideman (with more at CO).