Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Ruff, Sabres players), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer), CSNW (gamer, blog), DCEx, 106.7 The Fan, Puck Daddy (and again), PHT, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, SB Nation DC, KOL, DSP, Examiner, hockey yelling, RtR, Nosebleeds and clydeorama (pics).
- Here's the game-winning puck, a.k.a. Nicklas Backstrom's 100th career goal. [Capitals Overtime]
- After the game, the team announced it had recalled Cody Eakin from Hershey. [DCEx]
- Previews of tonight's joust with the Jackets from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, hockey yelling and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner The Cannon for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- What, MoJo worry? [WashTimes]
- Looking back on the 2011 that was. [Japers' Rink, CSNW, hockey yelling]
- A sobering look at Alex Ovechkin's season-to-date. [FanPost]
- The Caps' coaching change comes in at number three among D.C.'s top sports stories of '11. [SB Nation DC]
- Ovi ♥ SR. [Capital Games, Alex Ovetjkin]
- An update from Friday's practice in Hershey... [Patriot-News]
- ... and a sneak peak at some, uh, interesting special sweaters the Bears will wear in the days ahead. [SHoE]
- A bit more on Evgeny Kuznetsov's big night... [WashTimes, DCEx, WaPo]
- ... and, from the "Hey, No Kidding" file, why he won't be in Washington in 2011-12. [CSNW]
- Finally, thanks for the kind words and congrats to all of the local blogosphere's year-end award winners. [Capitals Outsider]
- Actually, real last bullet: from all of us to all of you, have a happy, healthy and safe New Year. Y'all are the best.