Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Caps: Trotz, Ovechkin, Orlov, Alzner, Niskanen; Flyers: Hakstol, Mason, Cousins,
Gostisbehere; highlights), NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNMA, Frankovic, Peerless, DSP, Friends in Cold Places, RMNB, NoVa Caps, Trentonian, Philly.com (and again), and Broad Street Hockey.- No one expected to see Matt Niskanen go end to end for the eventual game winner, but there it is. Beauty. [Monumental video, CSNMA, RMNB, NoVa Caps]
- Congrats to Alex Ovechkin on his 30th goal of the season, making him one of just three players in NHL history to score 30 goals in each of his first 11 seasons. [CSNMA, WTOP, RDS, RMNB, Caps Outsider, The Score]
- Congrats also go to Tom Wilson, who played in his 200th NHL game yesterday. [Caps Outsider]
- As the power play continues to run cold, the Caps are finding other ways to score. [WashTimes]
- Braden Holtby continues to draw closer to Martin Brodeur’s NHL record for wins in a season. [The Score]
- A few leftovers from Saturday’s shootout win in Jersey. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Rank ’em! [Rink]
- People throughout the hockey world are starting to believe that the Caps are for real. [WaPo]
- News and notes from yesterday pregame non-skate. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- With just three weeks to go until the trade deadline, is there something in the works for the Caps? [CSNMA]
- The Caps already have one of the all-time great Russian players on their roster; they may also have some of the future Russian greats (or at least very goods) in their system. [SI.com]
- The week that was. [All About the Jersey, Peerless]
- The Super Bowl matinee hockey game is a long-standing tradition in DC; take a look at 14 other times the NHL and NFL have collided over the years. [Puck Daddy]
- Add another way they’ve collided, because yes, that was Caps’ renowned anthem singer Bob McDonald performing at last night’s Super Bowl. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 49th birthday to Yvon Corriveau, and happy 56th to Dino Ciccarelli.