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Your savory breakfast links:

• With two goals last night, Alex Ovechkin is officially in a tie for the most goals scored in NHL history with 894…and is just one away from a new record. Absolutely incredible. [Rink, NHL (and again), NPR, AP]
• What makes this journey that much more special is the joy with which Ovechkin has undertaken the challenge. [WaPo]
• Calling a goal like this is a moment that doesn’t come around very often – and, as expected, Joe Beninati more than rose to the occasion. Best. In. The. Biz. [Awful Announcing]
• Classy move by the Blackhawks after the game, as they lined up to congratulate Ovechkin. [NHL]
• Also congratulating Ovechkin after the game? The man he tied, as Wayne Gretzky headed into the locker room to celebrate with the boys. [NHL]
• Fans from DC to Moscow are cheering on Ovechkin as the chase nears its end. [AP]
• Hear from Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie, and Ted Leonsis on Ovechkin’s record-tying goal. [Monumental video (Backstrom, Oshie, Leonsis)]
• The two 894-goal men met with the media after the game in what is likely the first of their joint press conferences. [Caps video]
• Relive a magical evening through pictures. [WaPo]
• And oh yeah, there was a game. Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, recap), AP, NHL, WaPo, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, THW, S&S, and SCH.
• Not to be outdone by the greatest goal-scorer in the world, Ryan Leonard scored his very first NHL goal last night! [Caps video]
• Sorry, NHL netminders…you’re not off the hook, because whenever Ovechkin gets the 895th goal, he wants it to be with one of you lot in net. [Yahoo, THN]
• Speaking of netminders, the Caps’ situation in goal right now is very different than it was a few months ago, and that’s a concern heading into the playoffs. [Rink]
• Unfortunately the Caps will be without one of their goalies for at least a couple of games… [AP]
• …prompting the recall of Hunter Shepard from Hershey. [Caps]
• Delving in what makes Alex Ovechkin’s slapshot so lethal. [ABC7]
• Waxing nostalgic with Vogs about another gr8 moment: Ovechkin’s performance at the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship. [Caps]
• The Monumental crew reminisces about the early Ovechkin years. [Monumental]
• In case you were keeping track, Ovechkin also broke a record last night, this time passing Jaromir Jagr in game-winning goals. [SI]
• Oh, and he also became the second-oldest player in NHL history to score 40 goals in a season (and then 41 goals). [Daily Faceoff]
• Pierre-Luc Dubois has taken in little Ryan Leonard and given him room and board while he’s in DC, which is adorable. [RMNB]
• Prior to last night’s game, the Caps celebrated their final 50th anniversary eras night, bringing back some of the 2018 Cup team in what turned out to be really lovely timing. [Caps Outsider]
• Beer shower!!!

• Finally, if this doesn’t make you a little emotional…what are we even doing here:

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