Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews and other important info for tonight’s matchup between the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils from Vogs and AP.
- A few leftovers from Wednesday’s OT loss to the Panthers from us, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB (and again), and S+S.
- Anthony Mantha will miss this weekend’s road trip after being struck in the head by a puck on Wednesday. [THN, RMNB]
- The Capitals placed Trevor van Riemsdyk on IR and loaned Michael Sgarbossa back to the Hershey Bears yesterday. [Caps, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
- With Sgarbossa heading back to Hershey and Mantha not making the road trip, the Caps have a few potential call-up options for this weekend. [THN]
- The Capitals’ penalty kill was struggling at the beginning of the season, but they’ve certainly picked things up lately. [WaPo ($)]
- Dylan Strome is leading the team in goals, but he is also due to start piling on the assists. [PBM]
- Hendrix Lapierre is making a great case for himself while Nic Dowd is out of the lineup. [NoVa Caps]
- Finally, happy 67th birthday to Greg Carroll!