Washington Capitals Daily Links: Returning to the Scene of the Crime

A day off for the Capitals, reviews the Tampa trip, preparing for the dirty birds, a big, emotional night ahead for the Golden Knights in Las Vegas,ecapping the first week in Hershey and more in this evening’s Capitals links:

CAPITALS

👉 Video highlights from Capitals @ Lightning. (Capitals)

👉 Caps Squander Two-Goal Lead in 4-3 OT Loss to Bolts (Mike Vogel)

👉 CapsBolts Postgame Notebook: One That Got Away (Mike Vogel)

👉 Nikita Kucherov scores in OT, Lightning beat Capitals. (Washington Times)

👉 Capitals’ first loss highlights defensive depth issues. (Washington Post)

👉 Bears weekly release #1: 2017-2018 Season is finally here. (Hershey Bears)

👉 Donald Trump wonders if Caps are tough during Penguins visit. (NBC Sports)

👉 A One-Point Night: Washington Capitals — Game 3: Lightning 4 – Capitals 3 (OT) (Peerless Prognosticator)

👉 The Unbearable Chorn-Ness of Pairings. (Japers Rink)

👉 Rosters and game notes for Penguins @ Capitals (Capitals)

👉 After a rough night in Tampa, it is time to talk about the Capitals’ third defensive pair. (NBCS-W)

👉 Caps Fans Invited to go “Strollin’ with Nolan” Trotz. (Capitals)

👉 The Capitals Autographed Game-Used Equipment & Memorabilia Auction ends tomorrow. (Capitals)

👉 The time is now for Andre Burakovsky (NoVa Caps)

👉 Game 4: Penguins at Capitals, October 11th (Peerless Prognosticator)

👉 Caps Talk is back each weekday from 4-6pm (Caps Radio)

👉 Las Vegas prepares for historic, emotional evening. (NoVa Caps)

👉 All of the morning links from Japers Rink are here.

METROPOLITAN DIVISION

👉 Challenges for Penguins and Caps, Opportunity for Rangers: Metro in October. (NBC)

👉 Devils’ Palmieri will be a game-day decision. (North Jersey)

👉 Islanders will remain at Barclays Center through at least 2018-19 (The Score)

AROUND THE LEAGUE

👉 Vegas Golden Knights hope home opener helps Vegas heal. (TSN)

👉 NCAA Hockey 101: Who will be the nation’s best goalie? (Yahoo Sports)

👉 Five Quick Thoughts From The Blackhawks-Maple Leafs Game (Barstool)

👉 The Colorado Eagles will join the AHL in 2018-19 as league’s 31st team, top affiliate of the Avalanche. (AHL)

👉 Jack Eichel, young Maple Leafs top storylines in NHL. (Washington Times)

The @GoldenKnights are off to a 2-0-0 start, with an emotional home opener tonight. Although expansion rules, guidelines have varied greatly over the years, here’s how all NHL expansion franchises have fared in their first season, FWIW. (#ApplesToOranges) pic.twitter.com/PsY0pxwD3I

— NoVa Caps (@NoVa_Caps) October 10, 2017

CAPS FAN PHOTO OF THE DAY

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CAPITALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Shoutout to @JC_Climbs for taking time away from Himalayan summits to watch some hockey and talk with the guys. #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/GBAZMeiH9L

— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 10, 2017