Your savory breakfast links:
- Get ready for the Caps-Habs series by getting to know some key players on the Montreal roster. First up: Juraj Slafkovský. [Rink]
- Check out the latest episode of Japers’ Rink Radio, featuring Andrew Berkshire to chat all things Montreal Canadiens. [Rink]
- The NHL announced the schedule and broadcast information for Round 1, including the matchup between the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens that begins on Monday. [Rink, Caps, NHL, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, Monumental]
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins from us, Vogs, WaPo ($), NHL, AP, FLM, Penguins, Caps video (recap, Coach Carbery, Stevenson, McMichael, Dubois), THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and S+S.
- News and notes from yesterday’s morning skate. [Vogs, Rinkside Update w/Alexeyev, Caps media availability (Ovechkin, Stevenson), THN]
- Rest assured, Caps fans—Ovi isn’t retiring yet. [THN]
- Re-live another gr8 moment in hockey history: when Alex Ovechkin scored career goal number 800 in dramatic fashion. [Vogs]
- Coach Carbery shared some injury progress updates on Logan Thompson and Aliaksei Protas yesterday. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 48th birthday to Sébastien Charpentier, 47th birthday to Boyd Kane, and 36th birthday to Anthony Peluso!