To start a new period of play, TJ Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom have a superstition where they slide into each other on the bench.
Before the bye week, NBC Sports Washington cameras noticed that Radko Gudas and Brendan Leipsic have now joined in on the fun too.
Against the Canadiens, we learned that the four-player bench bounce has continued.
The Washington Capitals executed one of the single-most incredible breakouts I’ve ever seen against the Montreal Canadiens, Monday night. And if there wasn’t a slomo replay, I might have missed it.
TJ Oshie took a pass from the defensive zone and redirected the puck soccer-style to Evgeny Kuznetsov. The play sprung the Russian center on the breakaway.
TJ Oshie was voted into the 2020 NHL All-Star Game in January. The nod was Oshie’s first All-Star appearance of his career. The moment was made even more special due to the fact that this year’s game was held in St. Louis – TJ’s former stomping grounds.
Saturday night, during the Metropolitan Division’s 9-5 loss, Oshie scored his first ever All-Star Game goal, rifling a shot from the top of the circles past Frederik Andersen.
TJ Oshie is on his way to St. Louis as an All-Star, but it’s far from his first visit to the city. The 33-year-old winger was drafted in the first round by the Blues in 2005, and played his first NHL game in the 2008-09 season. 443 games later, he was traded to the Washington Capitals and started the 2015-16 season in a red jersey.
Oshie was a fan favorite in St. Louis, and still is; his jersey is one of the most common ones worn in the Enterprise Center. Over seven seasons, he had plenty of ways he endeared himself to St. Louisans–like his 110 goals and 200 assists–but instead of spending more time looking at his stats, let’s look at some lesser-known off-ice hilarity.
By Brennin Weiswerda 5 days ago
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.
Caps forward TJ Oshie is an All-Star for the first time in his career. As part of the NHL’s Last Men In fan vote competition, Oshie will join David Perron,Mitch Marner, and Quinn Hughes on the 2020 NHL All-Star Team.
This is Oshie’s first All-Star nod. He has scored 18 goals and 15 assists this season.
By Peter Hassett 2 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals, including several players and their rapidly growing puppy, are rallying around TJ Oshie to get the Stanley Cup champion into the 2020 All-Star Game. This year’s event is being held in Oshie’s old stomping grounds in St. Louis and he would easily be one of the most cheered players at the game. Oshie is the Capitals’ candidate for the Last Man In vote.
On Wednesday, Vrana logged onto his Twitter machine and tried to lobby Caps fans to “Vote my liney.”
Oshie piped in and gave Vrana a surprise invitation.
TJ Oshie’s goal count this season has reached 18 as he tied the game early in the second period and scored 41 seconds into the third.
It was Oshie’s third multi-goal game of the season, but he could not tally his fifth career hat trick.
“I had my fair share of chances but it wasn’t meant to be,” Oshie said to Al Koken after the game.
TJ Oshie proved that he can multitask while dad’ing.
On Sunday, Oshie wanted to watch his favorite football team, the Seattle Seahawks, play against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Wild Card game. But his daughters wanted to play princess. So instead of picking one or the other, Oshie decided why can’t we do both?
So the Capitals forward dressed up as a prince and his daughters got in their favorite fairytale-inspired dressed. And the Osh Babe held Lyla and Leni up and danced to songs while he watched the Seahawks’ playoff game on the big screen TV.
Jakub Vrana has a message for Washington Capitals fans who left Sunday’s game early after the Sharks scored an empty-net goal and jumped up to a 4-2 lead. Of course, as you know, the Capitals scored twice in the last minute to tie and later won the game in overtime, accomplishing a franchise first in the process.
According to Vrana, you’re (well, I hate to break it to you) not a real fan.
By Ian Oland 3 weeks ago
