Your savory breakfast links:
- Remembering the night Alex Ovechkin picked up his first hat trick in dramatic fashion. [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s shootout loss from us, Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Strome, Wilson, Protas, Milner), NHL, AP, THN, and RMNB.
- With Charlie Lindgren a last-minute scratch, the Caps signed practice goalie and former Stingrays netminder Parker Milner to a PTO as the emergency backup. He even got a rookie lap! [THN, RMNB]
- Already down a couple of guys, the Caps took another hit last night when Ryan Leonard was knocked out of the game by a Jacob Trouba hit. [The Score]
- Tom Wilson just keeps getting better and better. [THN]
- Jakob Chychrun’s offensive game has drawn attention this year, but the balance of his firepower with Matt Roy’s calming presence has made that defensive duo a force for the Caps. [WaPo]
- Finally, happy 64th birthday to Chris Valentine, and happy 39th to Matt Niskanen!