Wednesday Caps Clips: On to New York, New York

Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, Vogs, Caps video (Laviolette, Sheary/Wilson, recap), Isles (and again), NHL, AP, WaPo, NBCSW, NY Post, WHN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and Lighthouse Hockey.
• One of the few bright spots last night was the pregame ceremony for Alex Ovechkin - and watching the man himself watch the tribute (which you can see in full here):

• Even that highlight had a dark cloud over it, as Alex Ovechkin missed the game with an injury that makes his availability to start the playoffs uncertain... [NHL, AP, The Score, ESPN]
• ...although who are we kidding? You’re not keeping this guy out of a postseason game. Hopefully. [WaPo]
• Speaking of that postseason, it’s now down to two potential opponents for the Caps, with either Florida or the Rangers awaiting them in the first round. [NBCSW]
• With the Penguins losing last night as well, the Caps had a golden opportunity to move back ahead of them with a win... welp. [NBCSW]
• No one wants Ovechkin to miss too much time, but Connor McMichael is ready and willing to keep his top-line spot warm for however long is needed. [WHN]
• Bruins great Johnny Bucyk is no stranger to scoring lots of goals late in his career, and was cheering on Ovechkin to topple his record as the oldest 50-goal scorer. [WaPo]
• Finally, happy 29th birthday to Tyler Graovac, happy 34th to Semyon Varlamov, and happy 35th to Taylor Chorney!