Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: Links to recaps of last night’s loss and much more.
Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s Game 4 loss from us, Monumental video (Oates, Ovechkin, Holtby, Brouwer, Ward), Vogs, Capitals Voice audio (Perreault goal, Brouwer goal, Alzner goal), NHL.com, SI, PHT, WaPo (gamer, column), CSNW (gamer, blog, Joe B.), WashTimes, Peerless, RMNB (and again), DSP, and RtR from the DC side of things, and for the view from the other side, NYP, ESPN NY, NYT (and again), NYDN, Rangers Report, Blue Seat Blogs, Ranger Rants, Slam! Sports, nj.com, CBC, and our pals at Blueshirt Banter.
- “I really have to play better.” Ugh. [PHT, NYDN]
- Looks like Martin Erat is gonna miss some time. Double ugh. And also ouch. [WaPo (and video), RMNB, NHL.com, PHT, USA Today, WashTimes]
- With the teams tied up at 2 apiece, the adjustments that must be made for the second season’s second season. [Frankovic]
- Drill down a bit… if you dare. [Shutdown Line]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s pre-game goings-on up in the Big Apple:
- In general. [Monumental video (Two-Man Advantage, Oates, Ovechkin, Holtby, Hendricks, Backstrom, Chimera)]
- Brooks Laich. In full gear. On the ice. Such a tease. [WashTimes, PHT, DCEx]
- Marc Staal out, Ryane Clowe in. [USA Today]
- It was a generally crummy night across the organ-i-zation as the Hershey Bears‘ playoff run came to an all-too-early end in Game 5 in Providence… [Patriot-News, SHoE, SCoC]
- … and the Reading Royals fell to 2-1 in an overtime loss to the Cincinnati Cyclones. [Reading Eagle]
- Incoming! Apparently ’twas Mike Ribeiro who explained to Alex Ovechkin that his passes were coming in too hot and needed to be softer. [Alex Ovetjkin, NBC4]
- Donate to Caps charities via JP’s beard (with an updated pic coming soon… so give)! [Beard-A-Thon]
- Finally, happy 63rd birthday to Steve Self and happy 47th to Mark Tinordi.