Your savory breakfast links:
- Five years after record snowfall blanketed the District, a look back at the thrilling game that took place in the aftermath… remembering Snovechkin. [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s shootout victory from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Brouwer, Grubauer, Chimera, Carlson, Niskanen, Boudreau, Ducks locker room, highlights), NHL.com, AP, WaPo (gamer, blog), CSNW, Frankovic, RMNB, DSP, Stars and Sticks, LA Times, and OC Register.
- The second line made some nice plays last night, but perhaps none finer than the diving desperation hold at the line by Troy Brouwer. [RMNB, The Score]
- After cooling his heels in Hershey for most of the season, Philipp Grubauer finally got to make his season debut for the Caps – and he made the most of it. [CSNW]
- Honest Evgeny. [Instagram]
- Five reasons why the Caps will win the Metropolitan Division… and don’t look now, but they’re just two points back from the lead. [CBS DC]
- Mike Green just cannot stay healthy. [Shadows on the Ice]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pre-game non-skate. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Boudreau, Rinkside Update/Fehr)]
- The Caps recalled goaltender Philipp Grubauer from the Bears prior to last night’s game, giving him a chance to make his season debut against Anaheim… [Caps, WaPott, CSNW (and again), Patriot News]
- …which means the Caps needed to move a body out, sending Andre Burakovsky down to Hershey for the day. At least on paper. [Caps, WaPo]
- Former Caps’ coach Bruce Boudreau talks to CSN’s Jill Sorenson about his old team and what might have been. [CSNW]
- Once used against them, the Caps are turning the tables on their opponents this year with quick-response goals. [WaPo]
- Another day, another measuring-stick game. [WaPo]
- Alex Ovechkin makes jokes about his monstrous plus-minus rating from a season ago because Alex Ovechkin is awesome. [CSNW]
- Braden Holtby is on fiyah. [NHL.com, ESPN]
- But could he earn himself a Vezina Trophy for his efforts so far this season? [WaPo, Stars and Sticks]
- Digging beneath the surface of the Caps’ penalty kill. [Stars and Sticks]
- With just over three weeks to go until the trade deadline, questions abound regarding the Caps’ top-line winger and goaltending issues… to say nothing of a certain defenseman’s future. [CSNW]
- Keeping an eye on the future of the team with a look at prospects Shane Gersich and Christian Djoos. [Stars and Sticks, RMNB]
- He may have only spent parts of two seasons in DC, but Clint Malarchuk has some funny stories about some then-locals. [WaPo]
- The Hershey Bears stayed red hot in 2015, earning a win on the road in Binghamton to extend their lead in the East Division. [Patriot-News]
- Finally, happy 47th birthday to Shawn Anderson, happy 45th to Denis Chasse, happy 43rd to John Slaney, and happy 47th to the legendary Peter Bondra.