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Caps Honor Nicklas Backstrom for 700 Career Assists

(Caps Outsider)

During Tuesday’s Caps/Devils game at Capital One Arena, the team played a tribute video for Nicklas Backstrom to celebrate his 700th career assist, which he accomplished during an otherwise forgettable 5-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Friday.

The video included cameos from John Carlson, Tom Wilson, T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, and Nicklas Lidstrom, the all-time Swedish assist leader.

The Caps will be giving him a gift, but it won’t be announced for a few weeks. For his 600th assist, he was given a gold puck, and a gold stick for his 500th. The gift for his 700th will be announced in a few weeks, we’re told.

Ben Sumner

Ben Sumner is the editor of Capitals Outsider. He also works for The Washington Post and contributes there when he gets a scoop.

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