Friday Caps Clips Capital Devils Game Day: Washington Capitals Daily News and Announcements: Another Metro Division battle awaits as Chiefs face Devils, Backstrom and Ovechkin celebrate 900 together and more.

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Tonight previews of Vogue Jersey, the Devils, NBCSW, FLM, Peerless, and NOVA Caps, and be sure to check out our SB Nation friends on Everything about the Jersey for the other side of tonight's showdown.
Tonight will be the 900th game that Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom play together ... My God, how's the time going. [Caps video (Ovechkin / Backstrom / Carlson)

Friday Caps Clips Capitals Devils Game Day

While Backstrom is working on its next deal, it echoes the recent hopes of its owner that he and # 8 will finish their careers together here in DC. [NHL]
Attention to detail has allowed Coach Reirden to uncover some hidden gems in his lineup. [Wapo]
Counting the top 100 players of the decade, from Alex to Zetterberg (though not necessarily in that order). Let the debates begin! [ESPN]
Radko Gudas's dad missed an opportunity to go to the NHL; so when Radko had the same opportunity, Leo Gudas made sure to encourage him. [NBCSW]
Hopes, dreams and power rankings for 31 teams. [ESPN]
Earlier this week, the Chiefs put smiles on the faces of some deserving children during their annual hospital visit. [NHL, The Fan DC, NBCSW, WJLA7]
Tomorrow night, the Chiefs will once again face the Boston Bruins, a team against which they have had minimal success in recent years. [THW]
As they work to develop chemistry, the third line has seen their ice time decrease. [NBCSW]
News and notes from yesterday's practice at MedStar. [Caps video (Reirden), New Caps]
Identify Caps weaknesses, predictions for deadline moves and more in the last mail bag. [NBCSW]
Finally, happy 29th birthday to Alexander Urbom, and happy 69th to Bill Clement.

We are incredibly and incredibly fortunate to be able to have 8 and 19 playing for the Chiefs and for so long, and maybe never for anyone else in this modern sports world where this kind of longevity and loyalty is the exception. Not only are Yin and Yang perfect, they seem to be genuine good people. I can imagine there are other fan bases who think they have an equivalent pair somewhere, but those two would be hard to beat.
Posted by A Gustaffson Wind on December 20, 2019 | 07:52 a. M.

Posted by ThePeerless on December 20, 2019 | 08:22 a.m.

Perfect. For both. Ovi and Nicky need to end their careers as Caps, and hopefully even retire together.
Posted by capsyoungguns on December 20, 2019 | 09:06 a.m.

I couldn't see this photo until I left my networking job -: clap:
Posted by A Gustaffson Wind on December 20, 2019 | 02:52 PM

I can imagine there are other fan bases who think they have an equivalent pair somewhere, but those two would be hard to beat.

The only two pairs of central wings I have seen on this level for so long that they come to my mind are Gretzky-Kurri and Trottier-Bossy. Sure, you historically have Howe-Lindsay and others, but that was before my time.
Posted by Mikel-Pivonka on December 20, 2019 | 10:27 a.m.

Well, P. would add "supremely" to "unbelievably" and "unbelievably". I would also add a perspective of someone who has been following them since day one. I have enjoyed virtually every player (except Dale Hunter), but Nick and Ovi have been, and still are, sublime. Lucky is a euphemism for the pleasure he has been given.
Posted by Wilderthing on December 20, 2019 | 04:48 PM

Connolly has a great interview on The Athletic. I'm glad you've found a second home and continue your strong game there:

Once you landed in Washington, your game got better every year and now it looks like you could have a professional season with the Panthers. What have been some keys to your success?

Confidence. They put me in a good position in Washington and I could work on my game and grow as a player. To me, confidence is number 1, and when you trust your skills and have proven yourself that you can do the job any time of the year, you simply gain more confidence.

You keep working on your game in the summer and you try to improve every year, and I've been able to find my game a little bit the last four years here and I'm having another good year this year, so everything is going well.