It has been reported that Ilya Kovalchuk brokered the peace between the two .
Ilya Kovalchuk was then the Atlanta Thrashers ' captain and is also teammate of Ovechkin and Malkin on the Russian national team .
It has been reported that Ilya Kovalchuk , who was then the Atlanta Thrashers ' captain and is also teammate of Ovechkin and Malkin on the Russian national team , brokered the peace between the two .