What seemed like a possible over-exaggeration was confirmed to be very true by Ovechkin’s wife, Nastya, as she was filmed traveling to Capital One Arena with the couple’s two kids, Sergei and Ilya, for the Capitals’ GR802 pregame ceremony last March. “Sergei’s very excited to be on the ice while all the team going to be next to him because he’s a huge fan of Capitals, so he gonna see all the boys,” Nastya said. After the 2023-24 season concluded, Aubé-Kubel signed with the Buffalo Sabres and was joined on the team by Beck Malenstyn, who the Caps dealt in a Draft Day trade for a pick that turned into defense prospect Cole Hutson.