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
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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