Your savory breakfast links:
- Previewing tonight’s Game 4 in Raleigh with Vogs, NHL, and AP.
- A few leftovers from Saturday’s Game 3 from us, RMNB, The Athletic ($), and S+S.
- Hear what Coach Carbery, Pierre-Luc Dubois, and John Carlson had to say in their media availability yesterday.
- The Washington Capitals need Alex Ovechkin to find the scoresheet in this series with Carolina. [WaPo ($)]
- How have the Canes been so effective at shutting down the greatest goal-scorer of all time? [Athletic]
- The Caps’ deployment of Ovechkin in this series has been a bit of a challenge. [THN]
- John Carlson knows he needs to do better as well, but he’s not worried about getting back to the high standard he holds himself to. [THN]
- The Hershey Bears are AHL Atlantic Division Finals-bound after defeating the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a series-clinching Game 5 yesterday. [Bears, RMNB]
- The full schedule has been released for the Atlantic Division Finals, where the Bears will face the Charlotte Checkers. [Bears, RMNB]
- Finally, happy 66th birthday to Dave Christian, 34th birthday to Jakub Jeřábek, and 29th birthday to Sonny Milano!