Evgeny Kuznetsov will be living with Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin during his initial stay in America, and while he’s been really appreciative of Ovi’s kindness, he’s seemed lukewarm about being taken care of by his teammate.

Earlier in the week while still in Russia, Kuzya told Sovetsky Sport’s Pavel Lysenkov about his living arrangements, “It’s a bit awkward. Ovechkin is a grown-up, he has a future spouse. Why bother them? But at first I will stay with Sasha. He’ll explain everything, help me out.”

Well, judging by Ovi and Kuzya’s first day together, they are long-lost brothers. Maria Kirilenko now has two children to babysit.

In the late afternoon, Kuznetsov tweeted:

“The tactics of V.K. (Valery Konstantinovich) Belousov work!!!” Belousov was Kuznetsov’s coach with Traktor Chelyabinsk.

The tweet then links to a video of Ovechkin who announces his name and then does push-ups as penance for losing a game of pool to his new roommate.

“I, Alexander Ovechkin, have lost to Evgeny Kuznetsov in a game of The Nine.”

Ovechkin then gets on the floor and does push-ups.

Twenty minutes later, Kuzya won another challenge: this time FIFA14.

Moar push-ups for Ovi.

Alex Ovechkin: “I lost in soccer

Evgeny Kuznetsov: “Adam [Oates] will like it. It’s quite a work out right here!”

Welp, this is already a great start.

Translations by Fedor Fedin.