Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Roy, Protas, McMichael, recap), Canes, NHL, AP, WaPo, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, THW, and Canes Country.
- Big injury news on the captain yesterday, as Alex Ovechkin shed his non-contact jersey for the first time – but won’t be back in the lineup until after the holiday break. Rest up, goat. [NHL, WaPo, THN]
- Ivan Miroshnichenko is making the most of his time with the Caps – and impressing the team with his performance. [THN]
- A new ranking of power, plus each team’s best player for the calendar year. [The Athletic ($)]
- Read up on a colorful, wobbly history of Capitals bobbleheads. [Caps Outsider]
- Congratulations to Ryan Leonard on earning the captaincy for Team USA at the upcoming World Junior Championship! [USA Hockey]
- Finally, a locker room that is once again happy, weird, and a little pukey…