Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s bout with the Bruins from Vogs, AP, and FLM.
- It’s a special night in DC, as John Carlson gets set to suit up for his own 1000-game milestone – all of them with the Capitals. Legend. [NHL]
- Caps’ prospect Ryan Leonard’s four-point effort helped propel his Boston College Eagles to the Regional Finals in the NCAA Frozen Four tournament yesterday. [BC Eagles]
- Among those four points? This beauty of a play:
- News and notes from yesterday’s practice, including an injury update on Sonny Milano. [Caps video (Carbery, Caps365), THN]
- While it seemed all but certain Ted Leonsis would pack up his teams and leave the district, he and Mayor Bowser never stopped talking, eventually leading to a deal to keep everyone in DC. [Axios]
- Breaking down the Caps’ tight playoff race. [S&S]
- A few leftovers from Thursday night’s setback in Toronto. [Rink, RMNB, S&S]
- The Hershey Bears reflect on a magical five-day stretch when they could claim now-former Cap Evgeny Kuznetsov as a teammate. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 71st birthday to Dennis Ververgaert, happy 53rd to Jamie Heward, and raise a glass to the memory of Doug Wickenheiser, who would have been 63 years old today.