Capitals pick up some new fan cutouts, three pandas from the National Zoo

Furry creatures Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji are all in on Washington season

pandas short shifts
By Dan O'Leary
@DanOLeary25 NHL.com Staff Writer

It was Panda-monium in the stands at the Washington Capitals game and it couldn't get any cuter.

The Capitals had cardboard cutouts of three pandas - Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji - residents of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute - in the seats at Capital One Arena for their game against the New York Islanders on Thursday.

The National Zoo approved.

Earlier in the day, the National Zoo shared a hype video of one of the pandas chowing down on a sticks [the non-hockey kind] and some "pucks."

The flat panda fans seemed to work too as the Capitals came away with a 6-3 win.

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