Question: Which Russian NHL player helped lead the Atlanta Thrashers to their first playoff appearance?

<P0-S0> The 1970 Miami Dolphins season was the team's fifth, and first in the National Football League (NFL). <P0-S1>  The 1970 season marked the team's first winning season, and their first playoff appearance. <P0-S2>  The 1970 season was also the first season under head coach Don Shula, as he would be the head coach of the franchise until 1995, a span of 25 years as head coach. <P0-S3>  The team improved on their 3-10-1 record from 1969, and finished the season 10-4, second in the newly aligned AFC East to only eventual champion Baltimore. <P0-S4>  The Dolphins would get off to a fresh start, starting 4-1 before losing 3 straight to even their record at 4-4. <P0-S5>  However, Miami would whip off 6 straight to end the season and clinch their first ever winning season and playoff berth. <P0-S6>  In their first playoff game, they lost 21-14 in the Divisional Round to the Oakland Raiders, ending Miami's season. <SEP> <P1-S0> The 2011–12 Winnipeg Jets season was the 13th season for the National Hockey League franchise and the first in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after 12 seasons as the Atlanta Thrashers. <P1-S1>  The franchise played in Atlanta since the 1999–2000 NHL season, and relocated to Winnipeg following the conclusion of the 2010–11 NHL season. <P1-S2>  The relocation of the Thrashers to Winnipeg was confirmed by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on May 31, 2011, and approved by the NHL Board of Governors on June 21, 2011. <P1-S3>  The 2011 season also marks the first appearance of the Winnipeg Jets name in the NHL since the previous franchise moved from Winnipeg to Phoenix in 1996. <P1-S4>  At the end of the year, the team failed to qualify for a playoff spot. <SEP> <P2-S0> The 2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the off-season loss of their second-leading scorer, Marc Savard, to the Boston Bruins. <P2-S1>  Veteran centers Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the loss of Savard. <P2-S2>  With NHL superstars Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk and a healthy goaltender, Kari Lehtonen, the Thrashers clinched the first playoff berth in franchise history following the Toronto Maple Leafs' 7–2 loss to the New York Rangers on April 1. <P2-S3>  The Thrashers had a highly disappointing playoff series against the New York Rangers, as they were swept with losses of 4–3, 2–1, 7–0, and 4–2. <SEP> <P3-S0> Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья́ Вале́рьевич Ковальчу́к ; born April 15, 1983) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League. <P3-S1>  He debuted in the Vysshaya Liga with Spartak Moscow, before continuing his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). <P3-S2>  Drafted first overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers, he began his NHL career with them in 2001–02. <P3-S3>  After eight seasons with the Thrashers, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils in February 2010, and later signed a 15-year, $100 million contract during the off-season after a 17-year, $102 million was rejected by the league as being an attempt to circumvent salary cap restrictions. <P3-S4>  Three years later, he retired from the NHL on July 11, 2013, having played 11 seasons. <P3-S5>  Kovalchuk is fifth all-time in overtime goals scored (14), and 18th all time in goals per game average (.511). <P3-S6>  He is the seventh highest scoring Russian in NHL history.