Photo courtesy of the Washington Capitals

Your savory breakfast links:

• Previews of this afternoon’s bout with the Blue Jackets from Vogs and AP, and be sure to swing by our pals over at The Cannon for the view from behind enemy lines.
• Columbus’s Mathieu Olivier not only respects but models his game after one Tom Wilson. As he well should. [THW]
• The Caps held one final celebration for 895 yesterday, inviting fans, former teammates, and even livestock to Capital One for the Gr8 City Celebration. [NHL (and again), @capitals (IG), WaPo, NBC4, THN]
• …yes, you read that right. Livestock. Goats, in fact.
• 50 wins (and hopefully counting), 895 goals for Ovechkin (and hopefully counting), and now an Eastern Conference title. Could this season get any better? Well…hopefully. [AP]
• The love affair between Ovechkin and the DC area goes back 20 years, and still runs deep. [THN]
• Now that they’ve gotten him the scoring title, the Caps are looking to embrace their inner road-weary Bob Seger and turn the page. [WaPo]
• Ovechkin’s record is the most incredible. But what are some of the weirder records in NHL history? [THW]
• Congrats to Caps’ prospect Cole Hutson on capturing the Tim Taylor Award for being NCAA hockey’s freshman/rookie of the year! [College Hockey News, BU Terriers]
• Sadly, while he did earn First Team All-American honors alongside Hutson, Ryan Leonard did not take home the Hobey Baker (and was totally robbed but whatever it’s fine, we’re not bitter). [NHL, SI]
• Just a week remains in the regular season, but there are still plenty of things to be determined. [USA Today]
• A few leftovers from Thursday night’s shootout win over the Canes. [Rink, RMNB, S&S]
• Some rankings of power plus a kind of insulting prediction for 2025-26? [ESPN]
• Finally, happy 73rd birthday to Mike Bloom, happy 71st to Antero Lehtonen, happy 51st to Roman Hamrlik, and raise a glass to the memory of Bob Girard, who would have been 76 today.

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