Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s potential elimination game from Vogs, and AP.
- Win one game. [NHL]
- Having their backs against the wall and nothing to lose? Yeah, that’s a familiar place for these Washington Capitals. [Monumental, THN]
- Updates from yesterday’s optional practice, including why it was optional. [Caps video (Carbery), THN]
- One of those updates is that the Caps will be without yet another defenseman, with Trevor van Riemsdyk officially ruled out for Game 4. Eat a porcupine, Rempe. [Sportsnet]
- TVR’s teammates were not a fan of the hit that took him out. [ESPN]
- Rempe says he’s trying to play a hard, clean series…but trying isn’t doing, Matthew. [NHL, AP]
- As blueliners continue to be taken out by bad hits, John Carlson continues to carry the weight of the team. [WaPo]
- A few leftovers from Friday night’s Game 3 loss. [Rink, RMNB, S&S]
- Finally, happy 58th birthday to Ken Sabourin, happy 59th to Mike Millar, and happy 60th to Brad Shaw!