Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of this afternoon’s Super Bowl Sunday matinee against Utah from Vogs and the NHL.
- Prior to today’s game, the Caps will honor John Carlson for his 700th career point, something only 30 other defensemen in NHL history (and five active) have accomplished. [Monumental]
- As the final game before the two-week 4 Nations break, the Caps are looking to close out this section of the season strong before getting a well-deserved rest. [WaPo, THN]
- Coach Carbery thinks we’ll see the best hockey yet from Alex Ovechkin after the break. [THN]
- Hear from the coach after yesterday’s practice. [Caps video]
- Pierre-Luc Dubois, Jakob Chychrun, and Lars Eller all took part in a Rising Stars clinic yesterday, working with local youth hockey players of color. [Caps video (PLD), RMNB, NoVa Caps]
- Happy 65th birthday to Neil Sheehy, happy 30th to André Burakovsky, and happy 23rd to Hendrix Lapierre!
- Finally, the boys made their Super Bowl picks yesterday…or in some cases, seemed firmly set on Team Meteor: