Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s visit to the Mile High City from Vogs, NHL.com, CSNMA, Peerless, NoVa Caps, Caps Outsider, AP, FiCP
- After missing the last six games with a knee injury, Colorado’s Matt Duchene should be back in the lineup tonight. [Denver Post]
- And sorry, Avs, Alex Ovechkin probably will be as well. [Denver Post]
- Braden Holtby continues his quest for the single-season win record – and those last three wins are the hardest. [WaPo]
- Making the case for Holtby as the Hart Trophy winner. [WaPo]
- A few leftovers from Wednesday’s shootout loss. [Dump ‘n Chase, NoVa Caps, FiCP, BSH, CSN Philly]
- The final Caps-Flyers matchup of the regular season may have been a playoff preview… and if that game was any indication, it’d be one nasty series. [CSNMA]
- Some of that nastiness took a chunk out of Jason Chimera‘s wallet. [WaPo, CSNMA, CSN Philly, AP, Puck Daddy, NoVa Caps]
- Ah, cocky Flyer fans. [THW]
- Over a decade into their careers, Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby are still more than enough reason to tune in to the playoffs. [CBC]
- A highly scientific breakdown of who Canadians should root for now that all seven Canadian teams are officially eliminated from the postseason. [Toronto Sun]
- And speaking of the playoffs, you can get your tickets TODAY! [Caps]
- Ovechkin’s quest for 50 goals will probably come up short this season. Slacker. [WaPo]
- Having secured the top spot in the League, the Caps will control their own destiny. [StarsandSticks]
- BREAKING: the playoffs are an uncertain maze of obstacles for even the best teams and the Caps have a spotty postseason history. We all caught up? Good. [National Post]
- Who is the better passer: Evgeny Kuznetsov or Nicklas Backstrom? [NoVa Caps]
- The best and worst fantasy hockey players of the 2015-16 season. [Puck Daddy]
- Take a walk down memory lane with the hirsute history of DC sports. [CSNMA]
- Congrats to Nathan Walker, who has been selected as the Bears’ nominee for the AHL’s Man of the Year award thanks to his community work. [Caps Outsider, The Sentinel]
- Hometown boy – and recent Caps’ draft pick – Colby Williams has had a long hockey career in Regina, SK. [CBC]
- Get the lowdown on Caps’ defensive prospect Jonas Siegenthaler. [THW]
- Finally, happy 35th birthday to Nolan Yonkman, and happy 52nd to Scott Stevens.