Six-times NHL All Star Sergei Fedorov has left the Washington Capitals and signed a two-year contract with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the Russian club have said.

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Fedorov, 39, was negotiating with several NHL teams but then decided to return to Russia, ending an 18-year career that included winning three Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings and capturing the Hart Trophy as the league MVP in 1994.

He joined the Washington Capitals from Columbus in February 2008, helping them to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the past two seasons. They lost to the eventual champions Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference semi-finals this year.

The lanky center also played for Russia at last year's world championship, where they beat arch-rivals Canada in a dramatic final to take the gold and end a 15-year title drought.

At Metallurg, Fedorov will be reunited with his younger brother Fedor Fedorov, who signed a two-year deal with the club from the Urals earlier this year.