Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kovalchuk akavandudzwa muchirongwa chevechidiki cheSpartak Moscow, achijoinha timu yavo yevakuru muVysshaya Liga muna 1999. Mushure memwaka miviri neSpartak, akabatana neAtlanta Thrashers yeNHL, iyo yakamusarudza kutanga zvachose mu
2001 NHL Entry Draft. Mushure memakore masere neThrashers, akachinjirwa kuNew Jersey Devils muna 2010, uyo waakasaina kondirakiti yemakore gumi nemashanu, $ 100 miriyoni, mushure memakore gumi nemanomwe, $ 102 miriyoni dhiri rakarambwa neNHL. Muna 2013, akasiya NHL kuti adzokere kuRussia, achijoinha SKA Saint Petersburg, kwaakatamba kwemwaka mishanu asati adzokera kuNHL muna 2018.