Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s win over the Philadelphia Flyers from us, Vogs, WaPo ($), AP, NHL, Flyers, FLM, Caps video (recap, Coach Carbery, Ovechkin, Lindgren, Mangiapane), THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and FHF pals Broad Street Hockey.
- With last night’s win, the Washington Capitals are the first team to clinch a spot in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. [NHL Español, SI, Bleacher Report, THN, RMNB]
- News and notes from yesterday’s morning skate. [Vogs]
- Caps GM Chris Patrick is hopeful the team can get a deal done with Jakob Chychrun. [THN]
- Despite numbers that might tell him otherwise, Charlie Lindgren feels like he’s been playing solid hockey this season. [RMNB]
- When Aliaksei Protas signed his contract extension last year, he was reportedly surprised by the final salary numbers. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 59th birthday to Al Iafrate!
Happy Friday!