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Your savory breakfast links:
- :: exhale ::
- Caps/Rangers previews start rolling out later this morning, but let's savor last night a bit, shall we?
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday's 11-shots-against-allowed victory from us, Monumental video (Trotz, Kuznetsov, Holtby, Ward, Carlson, Orpik, Niskanen, Capuano, Handshake Line, Post-Game Locker Room), Vogs (plus game notes), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, photos), WashTimes, CSNW (gamer, blog), Puck Daddy (and again), NatPo, AP, Canadian Press, USA Today, THN, SI, Eye on Hockey, theScore, Sporting News, Frankovic, RMNB (gamer, game blogs),DSP (gamer and opinion), and LHH, NYI Skinny, NYI Point Blank, NYT.
- Don't like your team's Game Seven history? Rewrite it. [ESPN, WaPo (Boswell), WaPo (Trotz), CSNW, DSP]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov came into his own at exactly the right time. [Puck Daddy, RMNB (and again), PHT (video), theScore, CSNW, SunMedia]
- From Elias: Evgeny Kuznetsov's tiebreaking goal with 7:18 remaining in the third period was the game-winner for the Capitals in their 2-1 victory in Game 7 of their series against the Islanders. Kuznetsov is the first rookie to score the winning goal in the seventh game of a Stanley Cup playoff series since the Devils' Adam Henrique notched one in double-overtime versus the Florida in 2012. Kuznetsov and Henrique are two of the six rookies who have scored the winning goal in a Game 7 decided by a one-goal margin. The others are Toronto's Gerry Ehman in 1953 (at Boston), Montreal's Claude Lemieux in 1986 (vs. Hartford in OT), Calgary's Perry Berezan in 1986 (at Edmonton) and Dallas' Roman Lyashenko in 2000 (vs. Colorado).
- Eleven shots against. Glorious if you're the Caps, not so great if you're the Isle. [Sporting News]
- Best and worst of Game Seven. [DC Sports Bog]
- Brace yourself and check the volume on your speakers - it's mic'd up Ovi. [NHL.com]
- Verizon experienced Monumental synergy as Paul Pierce, John Wall, Marcin Gortat and Rasual Butler sat on the glass and brought a dose of The Truth and some good Wizards kismet with them... [Monumental (video), DC Sports Bog, SB Nation, RMNB]
- ... and when the final horn sounded, there were TWO Washington sports teams advancing to the second round of their respective playoffs. [WaPo]
- Notes from the Isles' end of the ice:
- Five thoughts from this series. [Lighthouse Hockey]
- Six reasons why they lost. [Inside Hockey]
- They gave 'til it hurt, and then some. [NY Post, PHT]
- They'll have time to reflect. Maybe too much time. [WaPo]
- "With a win, they would have gone to Manhattan for one last Long Island-versus-the-city series with the Rangers. With the loss, they are now Brooklyn's team." [Newsday]
- A few notes from pregame:
- Game Seven? You know the Caps aren't very good at those, right? [NHL.com, WaPo, Dump 'n' Chase, THW, Talk the Red, USA Today, TMM]
- The fail is so epic it's even triggering Leafs trauma. [SunMedia]
- "The biggest game of my career." Curtis Glencross is glad to be getting a sweater. [WaPo]
- Caps or Isle? Blueshirts fans are conflicted over their potential second round opponents. [Grantland]
- Sorry we're not sorry to spoil your New York-New York party, New York. [NY Post]
- Finally:
Tomorrow's @PostSports D1: "Winners take all" pic.twitter.com/lUVM8hqN9b
— Alex Prewitt (@alex_prewitt) April 28, 2015