Alex Ovechkin is becoming more and more like that crazy shop teacher you had in middle school.

During the second period, Ovechkin pulled a blow torch out of nowhere and started fixing his wonky helmet on the bench.

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Ovi casually throwin' flames on the pine pic.twitter.com/LSlfk5e42d

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) December 5, 2019

Yes, that’s hockey’s most famous player playing with fire inches away from other humans and live NHL action. I don’t know about this one, you guys.

Just Alex Ovechkin using a blow torch on the bench pic.twitter.com/RHvh6NbSLy

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) December 5, 2019

I’m just thankful no one got a third-degree burn.

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— (((Allison Ivy))) (@Allison_Ivy79) December 5, 2019

His left hand looks perilously close to the flame.

— Countingdown (@CDLori) December 5, 2019

They play ice football while riding knives. Blow torch ain't top 5 issues

— Somebody Son (@iamsuertejones) December 5, 2019

If blowtorches are readily available like that in the NHL, we could really amp up the hot stick celebration.

— RMNB (@russianmachine) December 5, 2019

This is the only thing I’m asking about postgame. #Caps https://t.co/ZIrJQLGqBe

— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) December 5, 2019

Update: Ovechkin used the blow torch to get a sticker off his visor.

Update: Ovechkin tells The Athletic that he was using the blowtorch to remove a sticker from his visor. Says it was driving him crazy and he couldn’t get it off. 😂 #Caps

— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) December 5, 2019

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Headline photo: NBC Sports Washington