Sunday Caps Clips: World’s First

Your savory breakfast links:

• Team USA kicked off the World Cup of Hockey in the worst possible way with a 3-0 loss to Team Europe. [WCH2016 (and again), CSNMA, ESPN]
• Oh hai there, Matt Niskanen.

• TJ Oshie looks super cool juggling the puck, but, um, there’s more to the game, Osh... [RMNB]
• ... and here’s a look back at his Sochi heroics and that time he got booed by Vladimir Putin. [RMNB]
• Sweden @ Russia drops the puck at 3pm today:
• “It will certainly be a bit petulant between [me and Alex Ovechkin; we] both want to win. This particular day, we are not buddies,” says Nicklas Bäckström. [Aftonbladet]
• Evgeni Malkin wished a Stanley Cup for Ovi on his birthday, and other notes from the Captain’s 31st. [RMNB]
• The Caps kiddies had a fine game against the Bolts prospects to open their prospect tournament, but when all 13 goals were counted, the Lightning owned seven of them to the Caps’ six. [NoVa Caps, RMNB, Monumental video (Coach Mann, players), Bolts Media]
• Zach Sanford had two goals... [WaPo]
• ... and possibly a sweater on Opening Night. [NoVa Caps]
• This goal by Travis Boyd tho:

• The Caps players not in Toronto or Florida were in Arlington on Saturday, dishing out delicious peri-peri chicken for charity. [NoVa Caps]
• Finally, happy birthday to Tom Chorske, who turns the big 5-0 today.