This was reported by the press service of the National Hockey League (NHL).
It is clarified that for the third time in a row Ovechkin was elected captain of the national team of the Capital Division.
The NHL noted that the Edmonton Canadian forward Connor McDavid was selected as the captain of the Pacific Division team, the Czech forward, David Pastrnyak from Boston, and the Canadian Colorado forward Nathan McKinnon were selected as Atlantic.
December 21, Ovechkin came in sixth in NHL history by the number of goals scored on the road.