Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of Game 6 in Philly from Vogs, NHL.com, AP, FiCP, NoVa Caps,
- Attendees of tonight’s game will get shirts bearing both a funny nod to the Game 3 shenanigans and what would seem to be impossible advice for the fans. [WaPo, CSNMA, Puck Daddy, BSH]
- Brooks Orpik won’t play today, but he is on the trip with the team and is at least rumored to be on the mend. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Another early exit is simply not an option. [NoVa Caps]
- Gameday thoughts. [Monumental video (Trotz, Kuznetsov, Williams)]
- Confidence is high on both sides, but the Caps seem more excited (and/or calm) than nervous. [WashTimes, CSNMA, SLAM]
- Also high on both sides? The hatred. [ESPN]
- “Their history must be weighing on them” says a city that gets annoyed when you bring up something from even one or two games ago. [Philly.com]
- History doesn’t matter to this bunch; history is the past, the focus is on the present. [RMNB, PHT]
- Guess what? It shouldn’t matter to us, either, because the Caps were dominant in Game 5 and still hold a series lead. Logic, I know. [RMNB]
- The Flyers can’t expect to win Game 6 if they repeat the way they played in Game 5. [Philly.com]
- Stick to the script, fellas. [Stars and Sticks]
- These damn pesky unheralded goalies. [AP, The Score]
- If the Caps are going to get past suddenly hot Michal Neuvirth, they’ll need to get in his face. [WaPo, Philly.com, Caps Outsider, NoVa Caps]
- For Neuvirth, there’s no extra incentive playing his old team. Or so he claims. [Philly.com]
- NO, IT IS NOT REMINISCENT OF THAT PERFORMANCE, HABS FANS. [EOTP]
- Should the Caps advance past Philly, their next opponent awaits them across the state in Pittsburgh. Because the bracket system stinks. [CSNMA, FiCP, RMNB, PHT]
- A few leftovers from Friday night’s loss. [Dump ‘n Chase, FiCP, Peerless, BSH, THW]
- Right, wrong, good, bad. [Rink, Peerless]
- Bad: too many penalties. [WaPo, CSNMA, RMNB]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov was touched by T.J. Oshie‘s willingness to drop the gloves with Brayden Schenn early on in Game 5. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- He won’t face any supplemental discipline for his hit on Jakub Voracek, but the Caps should consider sitting Jason Chimera for Game 6 anyway. [Stars and Sticks]
- The Bears evened up their first-round series with Portland with a 3-1 victory last night… [Patriot-News, Caps Outsider]
- …while the Stingrays took Game 5 – and the series win – over Kalamazoo to punch their ticket to the second round of the ECHL playoffs. [Caps Outsider]
- Finally, happy 56th birthday to Darren Veitch, and happy 45th birthday to gold medal-winning coach Ken Klee.