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TJ Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Brendan Leipsic, and Radko Gudas do synchronized hops before start of third period

TJ Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom have a superstition where they slide and hop into each other on the bench to start a new period of hockey.

It’s a wonderfully dumb superstition and two new Capitals players joined in on the fun Thursday against the Devils: Brendan Leipsic and Radko Gudas.

Check out these brainiacs. I’m howling. 😂

This might be my favorite rendition of the superstition. I think I like it even more than when Oshie did it with an NHL official when he was trapped in the penalty box to start a period.

Boys, never change.

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