Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: The Caps end their skid with a defensive effort against the Isles, and now return home to face old friend Bruce Boudreau and his Canucks.
Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s win from us, Vogs, Caps video (Laviolette, Wilson, Vanecek, recap), Isles, NHL, AP, WaPo, NBCSW, NY Post, Newsday, NoVa Caps, WHN, RMNB, S&S, and Lighthouse Hockey.
- The Caps found themselves down two (…*sigh*), with Conor Sheary missing the game due to COVID protocol and T.J. Oshie getting injured early in the first. [@CapitalsPR, NBCSW]
- Not missing, but late – and therefore requiring a ~*grand*~ entrance – was John Carlson, who was cleared just in time for warmups (and quite happy about it):
carly with a most grand entrance pic.twitter.com/LXgNbUpDAU
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 15, 2022
- No time to sit around and celebrate yesterday’s win – the Caps have another matinee today against the visiting Canucks. Get your previews from Vogs, Peerless, and NBCSW, and be sure to swing by our SB Nation pals over at Nucks Misconduct to talk all things Bruce Boudreau (and more) with the other side.
- A question that has come up seemingly every few years since he was drafted… are the Caps too dependent on Alex Ovechkin? [Puck Prose]
- Speaking of Ovechkin, predicting what he’ll do in January (y’know, beyond what he’s done the first half). [S&S]
- Exploring a few of the reasons behind the Caps’ now-defunct four-game losing streak. [NoVa Caps]
- Which three free agents-to-be may not be back with the Caps in 2022-23? [THW]
- Making the case to send Evgeny Kuznetsov to the All-Star Game via the Last Men In ballot. (#VoteKuzy!!) [S&S]
- Finally, happy 48th birthday to Todd Rohloff and happy 56th to Stephen Leach, and raise a glass to the memory of Scot Kleinendorst, who would have been 62 today.