Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps of yesterday’s overtime victory from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Ovechkin, Schmidt, Two-Man Advantage), NHL.com, WaPo, CSNMA (gamer, rewind), AP, Frankovic, DSP, Stars and Sticks, NVC and RMNB, and from the Rangers‘ room, NYDN, NYPost, Ranger Rants, Lohud, Newsday, Blueline Station and Blueshirt Banter.
- Alex Ovechkin made certain that his 800th game would be a memorable one. He scored the first goal of the game for his 498th career goal, and then a magnificent coast-to-coast rush to bury number 499 behind Henrik Lundqvist for the overtime gamewinner. [NHL,com, Eye on Hockey, Sportsnet, Puck Daddy, Fox Sports]
- “Who’s got Backstrom?” That overtime goal doesn’t happen without Nicky’s game-tying goal with 5.7 seconds left on the clock. [CSNMA, RMNB, Expressen, Caps OT]
- An epic win requires an epic celly, and the Caps and their Captain did not disappoint. [CSNMA, RMNB, Caps OT]
- Ixnay on the alktay about inningway eakstray around Oltbyhay, m’kay? [NHL.com]
- That 500th goal? Nope, not really on Ovi’s mind right now. Check back with him tomorrow when Ottawa comes to the Verizon Center. [ESPN, WaPo]
- Previews of tonight’s clash with Ottawa from Vogs (plus game notes), Peerless and NHL.com, and check out our SB Nation pals at Silver Seven for the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Ovi, Andrew Hammond will have his eye on you. [Ottawa Sun]
- The Sens have a place in a pair of previous milestones for Ovi. On April 25, 2013 the Senators were in town for the second-to-last game of the lockout-shortened season. For Ovechkin’s 600th game, he scored a highlight-reel 32nd and final goal of the season, which just happened to match his Dynamo jersey number and also secured his third Rocket Richard and third Hart Trophy.
- The good people at Caps Road Crew made a handy sign you may print and bring to the game. [Caps Road Crew]
- Taking stock of all the trades and signings this week, with bonus Mathieu Perreault discussion in the comments. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- The Department of Player Safety ought to review its review process. The two cases this week were officiated… poorly. [TSN]
- At the midterm, Holtby gets a nod but the Hart Trophy is apparently still Patrick Kane‘s to lose. [Sportsnet]
- Aw, Mike Green enjoyed his tribute video. [THW]
- Finally, bet you didn’t know – Rick Nash played in Alex Ovechkin’s first game and in his 800th game, and was on-ice for both his first goal and his 499th. The circle comes complete. [Game 1 (gamesheet, video), Game 800 (gamesheet, video)]
Congratulations to the @washcaps @ovi8 on 800 @NHL games. pic.twitter.com/LxX847z2z6
— NHL (@NHL) January 9, 2016