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Monday Caps Clips: Meh in Motown

The Caps can’t pull off the comeback in Detroit, Lapierre heads back to Hershey, Protas continues his career season and more in today’s clips.

Photo courtesy of the Washington Capitals

Your savory breakfast links:

  • Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss to the Red Wings from us, Vogs, WaPo ($), NHL, AP, FLM, Red Wings, Caps video (recap, Coach Carbery, Dowd, McMichael), THN, NoVa Caps, and RMNB (and again).
  • A few leftovers from Saturday’s win in Toronto from us, THN, RMNB, and S+S.
  • Catch up on some updates from yesterday’s morning skate. [Vogs]
  • To activate Lars Eller from IR yesterday, the Washington Capitals sent forward Hendrix Lapierre down to the Hershey Bears. [Caps, Bears, THN (and again), NoVa Caps, RMNB (and again)]
  • When asked if his empty netter on Saturday night was an easy tally, Alex Ovechkin had a perfect response. [THN, RMNB]
  • Aliaksei Protas has certainly found some offensive confidence this year, and his new career high in points through just 35 games proves it. [RMNB]
  • The Hershey Bears dropped their final game of 2024 last night with a 1-0 loss to the Charlotte Checkers. [Bears]
  • Finally, happy 59th birthday to Jim Thomson!

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