Your savory breakfast links:
- Doing a little temp check on the Caps after a 3-0 Week 14 of the 2024-25 season. [Rink]
- Previews of tonight’s visit to Edmonton from Vogs and AP.
- The Oilers will be without Connor McDavid, as the star forward will sit out the first of his three-game suspension for a cross-check against the Canucks over the weekend. [NHL]
- Even without McDavid, the Caps’ red-hot penalty kill will have its hands full against a loaded Oilers power play. [WaPo]
- Ovechkin got a chance to see, hold, and even try on some of Gretzky’s gear when he visited the Oilers Hall of Fame room. [NHL]
- The Capitals currently find themselves atop the NHL standings, and they’re proud to be there. [NHL]
- Here’s how they got to that spot, and what still needs to be done before now and springtime. [THN]
- Congratulations to Logan Thompson, who earned himself First Star of the Week honors! [Caps]
- With about six weeks to go until this year’s trade deadline, where are the roster holes the Caps should be looking to fill? [S&S]
- Tommy McVie, one of the beleaguered coaches of the 1970s Capitals, has sadly passed away at the age of 89. RIP. [NHL]
- Finally, happy 75th birthday to Ron Anderson, and happy 58th to Ulf Dahlén!