Monday Caps Clips: Capitals @ Canucks Game Day

Your savory breakfast of champions links:

• The Week That Was, Volume 3. [Peerless, Puck Prose, Pensburgh, AATJ]
• Previews of tonight’s clash in Vancouver from Vogs (plus game notes), NHL, NBCSW, Peerless, NoVa Caps, and be sure to visit our SB Nation pals over at Nucks Misconduct for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
• New guy and former ‘Nuck Nic Dowd talks about playing against his old mates.

• The Caps’ powerplay is humming along at a 38.5% clip, and John Carlson to Alex Ovechkin is a big reason why. [WaPo]
• Answering the important question - what does a backup goalie do, exactly? [NBCSW]
• The Stanley Cup went to Charleston for its Day with Caps scout Jason Fitzsimmons. It also stopped in for a visit with the the South Carolina Stingrays and their fans. [NoVa Caps, Post and Courier]
• Finally, wishing a happy 38th birthday to Matt Pettinger, and happy 50th birthday to Terry Yake.
• One more - congrats to our metric football cousins across town. They made it from the standings cellar to the playoffs!