- Ovechkin says he will live in Moscow once his NHL career is finished
- He signed a one-year extension with Washington in July and still has not called 2026-27 his last season
- Read below for his full comments and how Saturday’s Ovi Cup gala match played out
Alex Ovechkin already knows his next address.
The Capitals captain held a press conference at his Ovi Cup event in Moscow on Saturday, where Russian outlet sports.ru asked him where he plans to live once he is done in the NHL. He did not need long with that one.
“Moscow is my hometown. It’s clear that I’ll live here. My family, loved ones, and friends are here.”
None of that should surprise anyone who has followed him. He was born in Moscow, where his mother played pro basketball and his father played pro soccer, both for Dynamo. He came up through the Dynamo academy and played four seasons with the club before Washington took him first overall in 2004.
A lockout stint brought him back to Dynamo in 2012-13, and he holds an advisory role with the team today. He has said more than once that he wants the last game of his career to come in a Dynamo sweater.
His answer arrived a little over a month after he signed a one-year extension in Washington. He still has not committed to 2026-27 being his final season in North America, and he owns a house in Virginia plus condos near Miami, so this was about where he settles rather than where he lives next winter.
Saturday belonged to his kid after that. Ovechkin and 7-year-old son Sergei lined up together in the Ovi Cup gala match at Arena-Mytishchi, where Sergei waved off the opening faceoff and made his dad take it instead.
Watch him open the scoring seconds later:
Sergei finished with a hat trick, his second straight at the event, and added another in the shootout. Dad scored twice in an 8-8 tie against Ilya Kovalchuk’s team.
Here is the hat trick goal, celebration included:
Artemi Panarin, Dmitry Orlov, Andrei Markov, Valeri Kamensky and Maxim Afinogenov were among the names filling out the two benches. We broke down the rosters ahead of the game earlier this week.
Ovechkin turns 41 in September and starts his 22nd NHL season a few weeks after that. Moscow can wait a while longer.
