Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Caps: Trotz, Holtby, Williams, Oshie, Carlson; Pens: Sullivan, Crosby/Malkin/Lovejoy; highlights), NHL.com (and again), SI, Puck Daddy, ESPN (and again), AP, Reuters, SovSport, WaPo, Frankovic, Peerless, Stars and Sticks, FiCP, RMNB, NoVa Caps, and from the Steel City, Post-Gazette (and again), Tribune-Review
- Braden Holtby, man. Braden Holtby. [NHL.com, CBS DC, RMNB]
- The best and worst from an action-packed Game 5. [WaPo]
- Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby. (Advantage: Ovechkin) [NHL.com]
- The power play! It’s aliiiiive! [NHL.com, RMNB, Post-Gazette, Tribune-Review]
- “Mr. Game 7” was “Mr. Game 5” as he cashed in on a bad turnover to put the Caps up by two. [WaPo]
- The Penguins made plenty of mistakes last night, and the Caps made sure to make them pay. [NHL.com, WaPo, Tribune-Review]
- Why? Because the Caps were not ready for the season to be over. [NHL.com]
- But the Penguins probably don’t need to worry… yet. [Post-Gazette]
- They may, however, want to turn to Marc-Andre Fleury. Because that wouldn’t be a sign of panicking or anything. [Post-Gazette]
- Patric Hornqvist, who has been a pain in the rear for the Caps in this series, had his own rear stapled to the bench for most of the third period. Hmm. [Puck Daddy]
- Sights and sounds from a fun night at 7th and F. [NoVa Caps]
- A couple of things we were talking about yesterday, including OPTIMISM! [Rink]
- It may have given up a goal last night, but the Caps’ penalty kill has been stellar throughout the postseason. [TSS]
- Michael Wilbon should not be allowed to talk about hockey anymore. Period. [WaPo]
- Because the Caps have plenty of things they need to fix, but Alex Ovechkin isn’t one of them. Exclamation point. [WaPo]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, NoVa Caps]
- Having their backs against the wall is a new challenge for the Caps – one they were ready to take on. [CSNMA (and again)]
- A big reason for that? The leadership of guys like Justin Williams, who has helped the team maintain a sense of calm and confidence. [WaPo, NHL.com]
- The Penguins were hoping to finish off the Caps in five. [WaPo]
- After a sticky Schmidtuation, Nate Schmidt was ready to draw back in for the Caps. [WaPo]
- Meanwhile, Eric Fehr and Kris Letang were back in action for the Pens. [NHL.com, CSNMA, Post-Gazette]
- A look at the series thus far. [RMNB]
- Down on the farm:
- A lopsided 5-1 win over the Baby Pens has the Bears up 2-1 in their series. [Patriot-News]
- The Stingrays, unfortunately, did not have such a fun night and are now on the brink of elimination at the hands of the Thunder. [Caps Outsider]
- Braden Holtby and Alex Ovechkin were not selected as finalists for this year’s Hart Trophy. Snubbed? [CSNMA]