Your savory breakfast links:
- Even before last night, the Caps’ margin of error was starting to get whittled away. [Rink, Caps Outsider]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us (QuickCap, Morning After), Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Ovechkin, Pacioretty, TvR), Pens, NHL, AP, Reuters, WaPo, THN, Tribune-Review, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and Pensburgh.
- Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby remains an incredible rivalry within the rivalry, all these years later. (Of course, only one of ’em scored last night, just saying…) [WaPo]
- Tom Wilson made his triumphant (?) return to the lineup last night and is looking to turn his and the team’s focus to the playoffs. Yeah, you might want to do that soon, fellas… [RMNB]
- After an injury scare in practice to Darcy Kuemper, the Caps recalled Hunter Shepard as insurance yesterday. [Caps]
- Talking playoff battles in the East and some other stuff in the latest NHL.com mailbag. [NHL]
- Capital One Arena isn’t the only team building in line for a facelift; the Caps and Arlington County are talking about making some upgrades to the team’s practice facility in Ballston. [ArlNOW]
- Finally, meet Judy, the adorable Service Dog-in-Training being sponsored by Nic and Paige Dowd! Precious. [Caps]