Saturday’s game between the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets crawled by. Columbus led 1-0 for almost the entirety of regulation, until the Capitals pulled their goalie for an extra skater and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored late to force overtime.
Kuznetsov celebrated his first goal since Dec. 2 the same way he always celebrates — he lifted one leg and flapped his arms like a bird’s wings, which some have taken to calling his “bird dance.”
The Blue Jackets definitely took notice.
After Artemi Panarin scored the overtime winner for Columbus, a cluster of Blue Jackets celebrated the win by mimicking Kuznetsov’s bird dance on Washington’s home ice.