Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: recapping yesterday’s OT loss, checking in on special teams and more.
Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from yesterday afternoon’s OT loss to the Calgary Flames from us, Vogs, Peerless, WaPo ($), Caps video (recap, condensed game, Coach Laviolette, Kuznetsov/Fehervary, Ovechkin/Hagelin), NHL, AP, Calgary Sun, NBCSW, WHN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, S+S, and our SB Nation pals Matchsticks and Gasoline.
- A Q&A with the Washington Capitals’ goalie coach Scott Murray helps shed some light on the Caps’ netminder situation. [Athletic ($)]
- Washington’s power play is…struggling, to say the least. [NBCSW, S+S]
- The penalty kill, on the other hand, is doing well and one of their secret weapons might be Evgeny Kuznetsov. [NBCSW]
- Despite a rough outing yesterday, Vitek Vanecek has shown a lot of improvement from last season to this one. [THW]
- Caps’ prospect Lucas Johansen played overtime hero in the Hershey Bears’ win over the Charlotte Checkers yesterday. [NoVa Caps]