Oleksiy Mykolaiovych "Alexei" Zhitnik (Ukrainian: ??????? ??????????? ??????, Russian: ??????? ?????????? ??????; born October 10, 1972) is a Ukrainian-Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Zhitnik has played more games in the National Hockey League (NHL) (1,085) than any other Soviet-born defenceman.
He has represented the Soviet Union, CIS, and Russia internationally, and Ukraine during two NHL All-Star Games.