Photo: Patrick McDermott

If there’s one non-hockey thing Evgeny Kuznetsov has picked up from Alex Ovechkin, it’s celebrating teammates’ goals as hard as his own. On Sunday night, Justin Williams scored a hat trick after Kuznetsov forced a turnover. When the puck hit the back of the net, Kuznetsov pumped his arms into the air and gave Williams a huge hockey hug.

You can also see Kuznetsov jumping up and down in the pig pile.

Look how happy Evgeny Kuznetsov was after J-Will scored pic.twitter.com/3iZRnC8yNW — Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 18, 2016

After the game, Williams got a special salute from Alex Ovechkin as well. The Russian machine tipped Williams’ helmet down over his eyes as the group went to congratulate goaltender Philipp Grubauer.

Alex Ovechkin tries to knock Justin Williams' helmet off to celebrate his hat trick pic.twitter.com/BEyLSSZOah — Ian Oland (@ianoland) January 18, 2016

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