Tuesday Caps Clips: Round 1, Game 4 Game Day

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. 
  • Biggest game of the year? Biggest game of the year. [WaPo]
  • The Caps will try to avoid yet another slow start. [WashTimes]
  • Time for the big guy to be a difference maker. [AP]
• 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 Boullez the '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.