Video: Kirill Kaprizov Pays Tribute to Alex Ovechkin During Skills Competition

Minnesota Wild superstar Kirill Kaprizov was a participant at the Breakaway Challenge during the Skills Competition on Friday night and pulled of a stunt that had everyone in Russia and Washington on their feet. 

Kaprizov decided to pay tribute to his favorite player Alex Ovechkin during his time to shine and had a little help from one of OV's teammates in Evgeni Kuznetsov. The creativity was great, the execution was flawless and the celly was on point.

Ovechkin is missing the all-star weekend as he's positive for COVID but this should certainly boost his spirits:

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