Sunday Caps Clips: Capitals vs. Bruins Game 5 Game Day

Your staving-off-elimination breakfast links:

• Facing elimination, the Caps are looking for answers and will need to find a way to bounce back tonight - or see their season end early, again. [Rink, NHL, WaPo]
• The good news is that no one seems ready to pack their bags quite yet. Hopefully that translates to the ice. [Rink]
• Three things we were talking about yesterday when we were talking about the Caps. [Rink]
• Previews of tonight’s crucial Game 5 from Vogs, WTOP, Reuters, Boston Herald, and our SB Nation pals over at Stanley Cup of Chowder.
• Hear from Coach Laviolette and Tom Wilson after yesterday’s optional practice out at Medstar. [Caps video (Lavi, Wilson)
• The Caps have been in this position before. Can they claw their way back? [NBCSW]
• With his team down 3-1 and looking flat last game, Laviolette should look to make lineup changes. [S&S]
• Should they play the Black Aces? (...no.) [RMNB]
• A few leftovers from Friday night’s flat Game 4 performance. [Caps, RMNB, S&S, NESN, Eagle-Tribune]
• Anthony Mantha was assessed a $5000 fine for running over Bruins’ netminder Tuukka Rask. [NHL, Sportsnet]
• With the Blues also down 3-1 in their series, two of the last three Cup champs are facing an early postseason exit. [AP]
• This is proving to be a series of mistakes for the Caps. [S&S]
• Finally, happy 65th birthday to Tom Rowe.

Do the thing, Caps.