According to the NHL official website, besides Ovechkin, the national team included forwards Sidney Crosby from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Patrick Kane from the Chicago Blackhawks, defenders Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings) and Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks) and Vegas Golden Knights goalkeeper Marc-Andre Fleury.
Another Russian striker playing for Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin, was in the second national team of the decade. His partners in the attack line were Stephen Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins), in defense of the symbolic link - Eric Karlsson (San Jose Sharks) and Zdeno Hara (Boston Bruins) and Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers became the goalkeeper of the team.
It was previously reported that 14% of NHL players would like to drink beer with Ovechkin.