Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s overtime loss from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Niskanen, Brouwer, Holtby, Glencross, Vigneault, Rangers’ locker room, highlights), NHL.com, AP, Reuters, ESPN, The Score, Puck Daddy, WaPo (gamer, blog, blog, best/worst), CSNW, WashTimes, NBC4, DSP, RMNB, Stars and Sticks, NYDN, NJ.com, and Blueshirt Banter.
- So… good goal, or good non-goal? You make the call. Either way, the Caps are putting it behind them. [NHL.com, PHT, WaPo (and again), Puck Daddy, CSNW]
- Chris effing Kreider. [NHL.com]
- The Rangers scored two goals; Derek Stepan assisted on both of them. [NYDN]
- Curtis Glencross played the hero for the Caps when he opened the scoring late in the third period; in overtime, he played the goat. [NHL.com, CSNW]
- The pressure is on the Caps now. Sort of. [The Score]
- There is just nobody else in the League like Alex Ovechkin. [Sportsnet]
- Pregame news and notes from the Caps’ room:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Chimera, Holtby, Rinkside Update/Niskanen)]
- They’ve developed an identity of being tough to play against, and now the Caps need to stick to it. [NHL.com]
- That could have come in handy last night, when they had a great opportunity to do something they historically haven’t been able to do a lot of: close out the Rangers. [WaPo]
- Last year, Brooks Orpik and Matt Niskanen were on the losing end of a blown 3-1 series to the Rangers; they don’t intend to be there again. [CSNW]
- Braden Holtby has gone head to head with Henrik Lundqvist in this series, and even after last night, he’s winning the goalie duel. [CSNW, RMNB, Puck Daddy]
- Oddly enough, the Caps’ power play hasn’t gotten a whole lot of work. [WaPo]
- Despite not showing up on the scoresheet, Troy Brouwer is still doing the little things to help the Caps win. [WaPo]
- The future is now for the Caps, led by youngsters Andre Burakovsky and Evgeny Kuznetsov. [THW]
- All hail Andre the Giant! [Expressen]
- The Caps’ roster is chock full of first-rounders. [Toronto Sun]
- It’s also chock full of heavy-hitting guys. [Puck Daddy]
- On setting up Alex Ovechkin, Eric Fehr’s place in the lineup when he returns and more. [CSNW]
- From the Rangers side of the rink:
- In general. [Monumental video (Brassard, Hayes, Lundqvist)]
- No, curses don’t exist. And no, that doesn’t necessarily mean the Rangers are free and clear. [FiveThirtyEight]
- Know what else don’t exist? Anti-jinxing tactics. Nice try. [BSB]
- The Rangers may have their backs against the wall (still), but they seem to like facing elimination. [NY Times, THW]
- If they’re going to climb back into the series, the Rangers need to get back to basics. [NYDN]
- Roughly a year after being fired by the Caps, what is next for former GM George McPhee? [ESPN ($)]
- Can the Caps shake off those pesky 3-1 series demons? [Stars and Sticks]
- Killer B’s! [Rink (Backwards Slapshot)]
- Chatting with the official – and incomparable – voice of the Washington Capitals, John Walton. [Pressbox DC]
- A few leftovers from Thursday’s win. [Rink]
- Tim Gleason’s bout with Tanner Glass was just one part of what Gleason has brought to the table since joining the team at the deadline. [WaPo, CSNW (and again)]
- Checking out the farm report:
- A four-goal second period helped fuel the Bears to a comeback win over Hartford to tie the series up at one. [Patriot-News]
- Barry Trotz is absolutely certain that Nathan Walker will be an NHLer someday. [Fox Sports]
- The organization continues to draft great goalies, and continues to show great patience with their development. [NHL.com]
- Looking back at the top ten wingers in franchise history. [Stars and Sticks]
- Redskins’ GM Scot McCloughan thinks Caps fans are insane, but in a good way. He’s not wrong. [WaPo]
- After all, we are the ones unleashing the fury on a nightly basis. [TheScore]
- Meanwhile, Bryce Harper hit two home runs in a win over the Braves last night; one of the first things he said in his postgame interview? “Let’s Go Caps!” [WaPo]
- Finally, happy 65th birthday to Steve Self, and happy 49th to Mark Tinordi.