Your savory breakfast links:
- Taking the temperature on another week of Caps hockey. [Rink]
- Bad news on the injury front, as the Caps announced that Alex Ovechkin is now week-to-week with a lower-leg injury and will be evaluated by the team doctors today. Ugh. [WaPo, NHL, AP, Sportsnet]

- Okay, so the captain is out…now what? [THN, RMNB, Puck Prose]
- The loss of Ovechkin is certainly not ideal, for him or for the team – but they’ll be okay. It’ll be okay. Everything is okay. [THN]
- Breaking down the best and worst periods of hockey played by the Capitals this season. [S&S]
- A few leftovers from Monday night’s win in Utah. [Vogs, RMNB]
- Finally, happy 36th birthday to Max Pacioretty!