Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of this afternoon’s return to action for the Caps in Pittsburgh from Vogs, the Pens, and AP.
- A lingering arm injury from before the 4 Nations tournament has made Sidney Crosby a gametime decision for today’s rivalry throwdown. [TribLive]
- Since arriving in DC, defenseman Matt Roy has gone about doing his job well, albeit quietly and out of the spotlight – and that’s just fine with him. [WaPo]
- Plenty of storylines abound for the rest of the season, including Alex Ovechkin’s chase for Gretzky… [NHL, AP]
- …but let’s face it, the quest for 895 will take precedence over all others. [NHL]
- How is the Chase impacting the rest of the team down the stretch? [THN]
- Plenty of other things outside of Ovechkin goals to keep an eye on as the Caps head into their final 27 games of the regular season. [S&S]
- The Caps have the first right-catching goalie tandem in the league since Steve Mason and Mathieu Garon back in 2010-11, and it hasn’t really impacted the Caps’ skaters…for the most part. [NHL]
- Checking in with the coach after yesterday’s pre-flight practice. [Caps video]
- The 4 Nations Face-Off generated all kinds of buzz, around the league and outside of it. [NHL]
- Some power rankings coming out of the break. [NoVa Caps]
- Taking a look back at opening night for the inaugural Caps season back in 1974. [S&S]
- Get a behind-the-scenes look at what went into designing the Caps’ awesome Black History Month jerseys, which will be part of tomorrow’s BHM game against the Oilers. [Caps video]
- Yesterday, Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie helped unveil a plaque at the most iconic of spots from the team’s wild Cup weekend celebration. [THN, Fox5DC, DC News Now]
- Reflecting back on the career of Yvon Labre one of the first Caps’ fan favorites. [S&S]
- Finally, happy 72nd birthday to Al Hangsleben, happy 60th to Joe Reekie, happy 54th to Jason Marshall, happy 50th to Patrick Boileau, and happy 28th to Ilya Samsonov!