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Sunday Caps Clips: So You're Saying There's A Chance

Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: Braden Holtby makes Evgeny Kuznetsov's shootout goal into the game winner, Mike Green goes down, the Bears win, the Royals clinch, and more.

By EmilyB
Bruce Bennett

Your savory breakfast links:

  • Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's 16-3 shootout win from us (and the night in GIFs), Vogs, Monumental video (Oates, Holtby, Ward, Backstrom), NHL.com, PHT, WaPo, CSNW, Peerless, Frankovic, RMNB, Lighthouse Hockey.
    • Skater down - Mike Green left the game after absorbing several big hits - one of them from Jason Chimera. [WaPo]
    • Skater down - An Alex Ovechkin check + Alex Ovechkin shot = a trip down the tunnel with the trainer for Isles d-man Calvin de Haan. [RMNB, SI]
    • Gloves (and linesman) down - Mike Halmo took exception to a Tom Wilson check. [Caps Outsider]
    • More of these, please, Mojo and Kuzya (and T-Bro)... [RMNB]
    • ...and fewer of these. Please. [RMNB]
  • News and notes from yesterday's pregame skate:
  • Down on the farm:
    • The Bears dragged Worcester into overtime, where Casey Wellman secured the victory. Even so, the Bears are in ninth place in the East, one point behind 8th-place Norfolk with the same number of games ahead. [Patriot-News, SHoE]
    • New guy Caleb Herbert added his second pro goal in his second pro game. Here's a little more on his journey from Bloomington Minnesota to Capitals prospect. [TheAHL.com]
    • Congrats to the Reading Royals, who claimed the regular season ECHL Eastern Conference crown with a victory over Kalamazoo. [@RRoyalsHockey]
  • Three is the number, and the number shall be three. Two and especially one are right out. [WaPo]
  • Whither Caps prospect Chandler Stephenson? Waiting on a contract, of course. [THW]
  • Finally, happy 35th birthday to Matt Yeats (Yahtzee!), happy 43rd to Trevor Halverson, and happy 44th birthday to Coach Kolzig.