Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Alzner, Oshie, Carlson, Niskanen, Flyers, highlights), NHL.com, ESPN, PHT, WRIC, Puck Daddy, AP, Reuters, WaPo, WashTimes, CSNMA, Frankovic, FiCP, RMNB, DSP, NoVa Caps, Stars and Sticks, Philly.com, and Broad Street Hockey.
- Once again the Caps needed the penalty kill to come up big, and once again it did. [WashTimes]
- Best and worst. [WaPo]
- Poor Steve Mason. Oof. [Puck Daddy, PDL, The Score, WaPo (and again), CSNMA, CBS DC, Philly.com]
- Nicklas Backstrom stepped up in Game 2, picking up a couple of power-play assists before potting a goal of his own. [Aftonbladet]
- Okay, you got the 2-0 series lead, Caps. Now can you guys please make this a short series? Some of us have Seders to get to. [WaPo]
- Philadelphia’s Brayden Schenn is kind of a- well, insert your favorite curse word… [RMNB]
- …which is why this was so beautiful last night:
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Hakstol, Flyers locker room, Rinkside Update/Winnik)]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is getting his chances, and sooner or later that red light is going to go on. [Caps Outsider]
- His linemate, Andre Burakovsky, is riding a wave of high confidence (and is probably due for a goal or two in his own right). [WaPo]
- Despite minimal minutes in the series opener, Nate Schmidt is looking to build on his first postseason experience. [WaPo, WashTimes]
- It’s that time of year when every NHLer is happy to absorb a bruise or ten in the name of the team. [CSNMA, RMNB]
- The Flyers are playing up the underdog card while also trying to prove that they belong in the playoffs. [WaPo]
- A couple of things we’re talking about when we’re talking ’bout the Caps… [Rink]
- …and we’re talking ’bout the Caps with Capitals Radio 24/7. [Rink]
- Through two games, this Caps team feels different – to the point of converting even the most skeptical of locals. [WashTimes]
- Which is why they should still be considered the favorites to win the Stanley Cup. [Sportsnet]
- For the postseason, the NHL has installed blue-line cameras to better assist with those pesky offside challenges. [WaPo]
- The Hershey Bears rounded out the organizational trio of division winners when they clinched the Atlantic Division title last night. [Patriot-News]
- Comparing Braden Holtby‘s record-tying season to the record-setting season for Martin Brodeur. [All About the Jersey]
- For so many of us fans – of any teams – the love of hockey started with our fathers (and/or mothers). [NoVa Caps]
- Finally, happy 73rd birthday to Dennis Hextall, happy 51st to Kent Paynter, and raise a glass to the memory of the late Tommy Williams, who would have been 76 today.
Ovi launches Schenn into the Flyers bench #CapsFlyers pic.twitter.com/NUOnlaYCQz
— CAPITALS HILL (@CapitalsHill) April 16, 2016