Alex Ovechkin’s pregame ritual of sniffing smelling salts is a hit with his teammates. Everybody’s doing it these days. . . if you’re cool that is.

And you are cool, right, Marcus Johansson?

Here’s Ovi wafting before tonight’s game with the Canadiens.

Then Jason Chimera took a whiff, and Marcus Johansson asked if he could try it.

Johansson did not have a good time, man.

I dunno. Some of those ammonia inhalants could have helped clear out Marcus’s sinuses as he recovers from the flu.

But it’s also pretty yucky, and the older kids like Ovi and Chimmer are crazy, and peer pressure is bad.

Good for you, Marcus.

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