Monday Caps Clips: Breakdown Day Breakdown

Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: everything you need to know from yesterday’s breakdown day at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.

By Alex Ervin@alexervin928 May 16, 2022, 7:00am EDT

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General information from yesterday’s breakdown day for the Washington Capitals: Caps video, WaPo ($), Athletic ($), AP, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, Sportsnet, PHR, and Washington Times.
Specific notes on Nicklas Backstrom... [WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB, NHL]
...Tom Wilson... [WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
...Carl Hagelin... [WHN, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
...Alex Ovechkin... [WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
...Evgeny Kuznetsov... [NoVa Caps]
...T.J. Oshie... [NoVa Caps, RMNB]
...Nic Dowd... [NoVa Caps]
...and the goaltending situation. [WHN, RMNB]
Defensemen Martin Fehervary and Michal Kempny are heading to the IIHF World Championship to represent Slovakia and Czechia, respectively. [Caps, WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB, PHR]
A look at where the Caps finished in team statistics this season. [NoVa Caps]
Finally, happy 38th birthday to Thomas Fleischmann!

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