The Washington Capitals celebrated T.J. Oshie's significant milestone of playing 1,000 NHL games with a series of tributes and honors on Sunday. The festivities took place ahead of and during the game against the Winnipeg Jets at Capital One Area at 12:30 p.m. Oshie, who recently achieved his 300th career goal, was recognized in a pre-game ceremony that included his Capitals teammates wearing his No. 77 during warmups. The league, the Capitals, and his teammates presented him with various gifts, highlighting his career achievements. Notably, Nicklas Backstrom made a special appearance during the ceremony, underscoring the importance of Oshie's contribution to the team and the sport.
Here's the full T.J. Oshie ceremony and everything the Capitals did to honor him for 1,000 games, including wearing his No. 77 in warmups, all the gifts he got from the league, Caps & teammates, a cameo from Nicklas Backstrom and much more: https://t.co/LiyQOoIHcB
TJ1K!!! ๐ T.J. Oshie is honoured during pre-game for reaching the 1000 games milestone. https://t.co/W2CKtpm8RM
Great to see Nicklas Backstrom be part of the ceremony for T.J. Oshie reaching 1,000 games.
#TJ1K #ALLCAPS https://t.co/ICdO9NQF4D
Looks like T.J. Oshie will be in for the Capitals as he's honored for 1,000 NHL games. https://t.co/UUfzlPMpMi
The Washington Capitals will honor Oshie for reaching the 1,000 career NHL games milestone Sunday when the Capitals host the Winnipeg Jets at Capital One Area at 12:30 p.m. https://t.co/4hOnXfmCS0
#Oshieโs Grand Parade โ Caps, teammates celebrate and honor T.J. Oshie on Sunday, a week after he skates in 1,000th NHL game: https://t.co/ul8xevzpFh
#Caps Host Jets in Sunday Matinee โ Caps honor Oshieโs 1,000th game milestone ahead of Sundayโs game with Winnipeg: https://t.co/DgzG94WaVA
T.J. Oshie was feeling pretty impressed about his 300 career goals โฆ until he bumped into Alex Ovechkin in the locker room ๐ From our interview with the @Capitals star on THE DROP, including his emotional journey to 1,000 games and how the Caps surprised the NHL this season. https://t.co/RhmDqaGVTm
Washington Capitals' T.J. Oshie became the 30th skater in recent NHL history and the 62nd U.S.-born skater to reach the 1,000-game milestone. https://t.co/Tl0jznKZmK