Alex Ovechkin’s Son Steals the Show Scoring Four Goals in NHL-Heavy All-Star Game

“Of course, I am happy for my son, I see his progress, as well as Ilya’s,” Ovechkin told Match TV. “We will do everything so that Sergei continues in the same spirit. Many thanks to the participants. They came at the first call. This is a holiday for children. Next year will be much better.”

Sergei Ovechkin Enjoyed Some Star-Studded Support

The annual charity matchup featured a mix of current and former NHL talent, as Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvei Michkov scored twice for Team Ovechkin, while Kaprizov added one of his own. For Team Datsyuk, Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin recorded a hat trick.

Other participants included Vyacheslav Fetisov, Valeri Kamensky, Mikhail Sergachev, Dmitry Orlov, Kirill Marchenko, and Egor Zamula.

The Ovi Cup is a youth hockey tournament that draws teams from Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Sergei, who first stepped onto the ice in 2020 aged two, made his third appearance in the event’s all-star game.

NHL legend and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Datsyuk joked about Ovechkin's son after the game.

“We needed to defend another Ovi, but it didn’t work out,” Datsyuk said.

A Glimpse of the Ovechkin Family Future?

While Shesterkin obviously let a few of Sergei's shots into his net, the performance is still impressive considering the kid's age.

At just six years old, Sergei is years away from turning professional if that's what he chooses to do, with his earliest possible draft-eligible year being 2036.

Ilya, Ovechkin's younger son, was born in May 2020, two years after Sergei, and Alex revealed the two kids have opposite plans in mind when it comes to hockey.

“One guy wants to be a goalie, one guy wants to be a forward, so they play back and forth all the time,” Ovechkin said last December. “They play where each guy takes 10 shots, and then they switch.”