Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin with his wife and oldest son in February. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Capitals star Alex Ovechkin, wife welcome their second son

By Zac Wassink | Last updated May 27, 2020 4:21 PM ET

While Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is preparing to chase his second Stanley Cup championship amid the coronavirus pandemic, he added a different accomplishment to his resume on Wednesday: Two-time father.

Earlier Wednesday, the Capitals and Nastya Shubskaya Ovechkina shared the news of the birth of Ilya Aleksandrovich Ovechkin:

Another #OviJr has arrived! Congratulations to the Ovechkins on the birth of their second baby boy, Ilya! pic.twitter.com/3m7jtNMpNi
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) May 27, 2020

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27.05.2020 родился наш сыночек, Илья Александрович Овечкин❤️55 см 3800 г!Мы самые счастливые

A post shared by Nastasiya Ovechkina (@nastyashubskaya) on May 27, 2020 at 12:54am PDT

According to Shanna McCarriston of CBS Sports, Nastya's Instagram post translates: "27.05.2020 Our son was born, Ilya Aleksandrovich Ovechkin. 55 cm 3800 g! We are the happiest."

Sergei, the couple's first son who shares the name of Alex's late brother, was born in August 2018.

On Tuesday, Ovechkin and the Capitals learned they will take part in a round-robin format to determine seeding ahead of a standard Stanley Cup Playoffs tournament.

Those games could begin by the middle of July.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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