Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: recapping last night’s road win, past and present Caps off to some hot starts and more.
Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s victory over the New Jersey Devils from us, Vogs, Peerless, WaPo ($), Caps video (recap, condensed game, Coach Laviolette, Sprong, Vanecek), AP, NHL, WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB, Times Herald-Record and SB Nation pals All About The Jersey.
- The Washington Capitals made quite the jump in the latest NHL power rankings from Dan Rosen. [NHL]
- Vitek Vanecek continues to make his case for the Caps’ starting goalie position. [NBCSW, NoVa Caps]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is also keeping up his hot start to the season. [NoVa Caps]
- Former Capital Andre Burakovsky’s second return to Washington since the 2019 trade brought back good memories as he continues to flourish in Colorado. [Athletic ($)]
- In other thriving former Cap news, Braden Holtby is off to one heck of a start in Dallas this year. [THW]
- Finally, happy 41st birthday to Matt Pettinger and happy 53rd birthday to Terry Yake!