Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of Game Four from Vogs and NHL.com, and be sure to check out our SB Nation pals over at Lighthouse Hockey for the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Game Five now has a start time (7:00). [Capitals]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Backstrom, Laich, Ward), ]
- Eric Fehr will miss at least the next two games, which means either Andre Burakovsky or Michael Latta will draw in… [WaPo, CSNW, NHL.com, PHT]
- … or perhaps both will, with Marcus Johansson also ailing.
- Hard-hitting interview with Jay Beagle (by interviewer Joel Ward). [NBC4]
- Game Three leftovers:
- What worked and (the much lengthier) what didn’t. [Rink]
- Well that was quick. Quickest, in fact. [Rink]
- Braden Holtby was good in Game Three… but not good enough. [WaPo, TSN]
- Themes from Game Three. [Lighthouse Hockey]
- The Isles fourth line is doing what it does, which is apparently important. [WaPo]
- I have no idea what EDM is (other than an abbreviation for Edmonton), so I can’t even make a joke here. [DC Sports Bog]
- The Isles are doing a good job of containing Alex Ovechkin and the Caps’ power play (which combined to account for roughly 37% of the Caps’ goals this year, so yeah, not ideal). [WaPo, CSNW]
- And a bit more on that ugly postgame incident that had nothing to do with hockey (or acting like a human being)… [DC Sports Bog, Ted’s Take, Outsports, Deadspin]
- … and a statement from the Isles. [Puck Daddy]
- Apparently this series is turning into a high school basketball game in which the volume of the respective teams’ fans is a critical factor. [DC Sports Bog (and again, sorta), CSNW]
- Et tu, Neuvy? [NHL.com]
- Speaking of a former Cap scouting for the enemy, hey there, GMGM. [@NYP_Brooksie]
- Ward and Tom Wilson don’t know who to root for in the Wizards/Raptors series. (Psst, guys… go with the guy signing your checks.) [DC Sports Bog]
- Speaking of
Les Boullezthe ‘Zards, they play tonight as well, which hasn’t always worked out well, historically. [DC Sports Bog] - Some thoughts on what the Caps need to do in Game Four to make it less like Game Three. [Live Nude Words]
- Down a level, the Bears look ready to make a run at the Calder Cup… [WaPo]
- … despite Philipp Grubauer being solved. (Spoiler: the book on Grubi is the same as on every other goalie in the game.) [RMNB]
- The Bears’ three stars of the week includes top prospect Jakub Vrana. [Patriot-News, with more on Vrana at RMNB]
- A look back at Hershey’s regular season. [Stars & Sticks]
- Finally, happy 48th birthday to Miika Elomo, happy 45th birthday to Stew Malgunas and happy 58th birthday to Mark Lofthouse.