Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps of yesterday’s behatted victory from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Grubi, Williams, Johansson, Chorney, and then Vigneault, Stepan, Nash, Staal), NHL.com, WaPo, CSNMA (gamer, rewind), AP, Frankovic, Peerless, DSP, Stars and Sticks, NVC and RMNB, and from the Rangers‘ room, NYDN, NYPost, Ranger Rants, nj.com, Newsday, SNY and Blueshirt Banter.
- There was a disturbance in the Force near the end of the second period when Braden Holtby left his net, skated to the bench, consulted with head trainer Smitty and then went down the tunnel, not to return to the game. The team announced that he had a case of dehydration, and should be fine. Philipp Grubauer entered the game in relief and shut the door on New York. [SI.com, ESPN, Sportsnet, RMNB, theScore]
- Justin Williams notched the second hat trick of his NHL career, a distant decade since his first hatty against Tampa Bay when he was with Carolina. [CSNMA (Story, First-Star Interview), RMNB (and again), RDS, @glitter4goals]
- So close! Mike Richards very nearly had his first goal in a Capitals sweater, if not for Antti Raanta’s timely stick save. [theScore]
- There was a disturbance in the Force near the end of the second period when Braden Holtby left his net, skated to the bench, consulted with head trainer Smitty and then went down the tunnel, not to return to the game. The team announced that he had a case of dehydration, and should be fine. Philipp Grubauer entered the game in relief and shut the door on New York. [SI.com, ESPN, Sportsnet, RMNB, theScore]
- The Week That Was, Volume 14. [Peerless, RMNB, NVC, All About The Jersey (with the Metro lowdown)]
- Ranking the five best contracts on the Caps. Ovechkin’s contract gets an honorable mention, but as JP has noted, the absence of drama as AO8 reached his UFA years has been an underrated benefit. [S&S]
- Mike Richards has played his first two games in Caps red. The early indicators are promising. [WashTimes]
- Alex Ovechkin had a date with Vancouver and therefore was unable to attend Washingtonian Magazine’s “Washingtonian of the Year” luncheon, but he provided a nice thank you video. [Monumental video (Washingtonian, Ovechkin’s acceptance speech)]
- Finally, raise a glass in honor of the late Pete Laframboise, who would have been 66 today.
- One more:
Is Dan Girardi not good? He seems not good. pic.twitter.com/YQy8gu5keu
— Greg Balloch (@GregBalloch) January 18, 2016