Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s shootout win from us, Vogs (plus game notes), Monumental video (Trotz, Backstrom, Fehr, Niskanen, Holtby, Alzner, Capuano, Isles’ room, 40th Anniversary Tribute – Mike Gartner), NHL.com, AP, WaPo (gamer), DSP (plus three stars), RMNB, Stars and Sticks, and from the Isles’ end of the ice, Lighthouse Hockey, Newsday, NYI Point Blank, NYI Skinny.
- The Mites on Ice played a little shinny in the second intermission with a whole bunch of mascots, and it was terrific. [Monumental (video)]
- Eric Fehr, shooter of ultra-clutch goals-for and owner/caretaker of magical self-levitating goals-against-preventing hockey stick. [RMNB]
- ‘Twas recorded as a fight, but the scrum between Tom Wilson and Matt Martin was more of a flow-fest. [Caps Outsider, RMNB]
- “…then the Capitals coaching staff made some terrible player deployments and gifted New York a point by playing what football fans would call the prevent defense.” [Frankovic]
- Previews of today’s Hockey Day in America matinee at the Wells Fargo Center from Vogs (plus game notes), NHL.com and Stars and Sticks and be sure to check out our SB Nation pals over at Broad Street Hockey for the other side of today’s matchup.
- Line brawl! Goalie fight! 176 minutes of penalties and a few handfuls of game misconducts were assessed at the Hershey Bears-Bridgeport Sound Tigers game. [Patriot-News (and again), Chocolate Hockey (photos, video), Lighthouse Hockey, Soundin’ Off, THN, Puck Daddy, Caps Outsider]
- Pheonix Copley may need to work on the Zen aspect of his badassery. But he’s got the badassery part (and Tigers goalie Kevin Poulin) on lockdown. [@ChocHockey]
- Connor Carrick tallied three assists before he tangled with Isles enforcer Brett Gallant and took a game misconduct for his troubles. But he returned to the ice in suit and specs to accept his first-star-of-the-game honors.
- Liam O’Brien got two game misconducts and will almost certainly be suspended for a game or more for leaving the bench to join the festivities.
- Stanislav Galiev scored his 20th goal (and 36th point) of the season and wisely opted to remain on the bench when the fights broke out. [Patriot-News]
- Today in “Trade Mike Green” – Elliotte Freidman reports it prob’ly ain’t happening, and the Caps will continue living the GreenLife beyond March 2. [theScore]
- Finally, happy 39th birthday to Patrick Boileau, happy 61st to Al Hangsleben, happy 43rd to Jason Marshall and happy 49th to Joe Reekie.