The 36-year-old forward, just like the whole team, has gone heavy in the North American ice hockey league this fall. Kovaltjuk is listed for three goals and six assists in 17 games, this one in Los Angeles, which is last in the Western Conference.
Kovaltjuk is one of Russia's greatest players ever and during his career he has won the Olympics, the World Cup and the KHL, during the 2003-2004 season, he scored most goals in the NHL's basic series, 41 pieces, when he played in Atlanta.