Ilya Kovalchuk's first season with Kings hasn't lived up to expectations

As Ilya Kovalchuk prepared to return to the NHL after five years, one of the first people he consulted was countryman Alex Ovechkin. They played together for Russia and share profuse NHL scoring numbers, having combined for 1,072 goals in 1,918 games. Ovechkin last week passed Sergei Fedorov as...