Morning Reading List

Ah the unsung hero, or in the Capitals' case, the unsung Russian. That's what Coach Bruce Boudreau dubbed steady veteran Viktor Kozlov, who scored two goals last night in the Caps' 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues in Verizon Center. *Here's the Blues perspective on the loss, from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. *Remember Brent Johnson's save on Boston's Blake Wheeler a week ago? It's the No.1 save of the week on NHL.com. Flyers Cliff notes: *The Flyers suffered their first regulation loss in December 5-2 to Montreal last night, which ended their five-game winning streak. *The loss to the Canadiens came without starting goaltender Martin Biron (flu) and Daniel Briere (groin). It's unclear if Biron will be back against the Caps after missing two games this week and Briere, while in recovery, isn't expected to return until after Christmas. *Philadelphia is 6-1-1 this month and they have not (link)