Friday Caps Clips: L.A. Blues

Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, NHL, AP, WaPo, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, and RMNB.
• Ow ow ow ow ow ow OW. [RMNB]
• Congrats on 800 games played, Nicklas Backstrom! Rinkside Update/Backstrom]
• Keep racking up those points, John Carlson, and you’ll be raking in the dough this summer. [FRS]
• News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate. [Caps, Caps video (Jerabek)]
• Braden Holtby is going to be getting a little rest, a little time to reset, and that’s probably a good thing. [The Score, NoVa Caps]
• Barry Trotz defends the seemingly indefensible: playing Brooks Orpik every night. [WaPo]
• It’s been a while since the Caps were underdogs, but they are this year for sure - and maybe that’ll help them. Probably not. But maybe. But no. But who knows? [THN]
• The Caps are probably going to break our hearts once more this spring... but maybe being prepared for it will help. Probably not. But maybe. But no. But who knows? [ArvistJ]
• We can argue about just how important faceoff wins are, but there’s no question that Jay Beagle is killing it in the circle this season. [RMNB]
• Finally, happy 54th birthday to Phil Housley.