Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes (and preceding gr8 pregame ceremony) from us, Vogs, WaPo ($), AP, NHL, FLM, Caps video (recap, pregame ceremony, Coach Carbery, Ovechkin, Dowd, Lindgren), THN (and again), NoVa Caps, and RMNB (and again).
- As the Washington Capitals gear up for the postseason, they’ll have to address their struggling power play. [Rink]
- News and notes from yesterday’s morning skate, including a few injury updates. [Vogs, Coach Carbery video, THN, RMNB]
- Ryan Leonard might have had one of the best first weeks in the NHL of all time. [WaPo]
- With yesterday’s win, the Caps clinched the Eastern Conference title. [RMNB]
- A limited number of Caps first round playoff tickets are now available. [Caps]
- Take another trip down Ovi memory lane and revisit the time he visited a local junior high school for a service project. [Vogs]
- The Capitals announced a location change for today’s Gr8 City Celebration, moving from Union Station to Capital One Arena. [Caps]
- Finally, happy 47th birthday to Ben Clymer, 74th birthday to Ron Jones, and 55th birthday to Trevor Linden!
Happy Friday, y’all!