Russian forward “Pittsburgh Penguins” Evgeni Malkin has dropped to 46th place in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL).
In the NHL regular season game with the New York Rangers, Malkin provided two assists. Thus, the famous Russian hockey player currently has 1216 points (467 goals and 749 assists). By this indicator, he caught Jeremy Renick. Malkin has played in 66 games this season, scoring 23 goals and providing 47 assists.
Let’s remind, the match between “Pittsburgh” and “Rangers” ended with the victory of “penguins” with 3:2 (OT).
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh forward Rickard Raquell led the score in the seventh minute of the first period. He got help from Malkin. A few minutes later, the New York team equalized forward Barclay Goudreau. Early in the second twenty minutes, Penguins attacker Jason Zucker put his team back in the lead. In the third period, Chris Kreider scored the Rangers’ second goal. The game went into overtime when Pittsburgh Pittsburgh defender Chris Letang scored the game-winning goal. He also got help from Malkin.
Previously reportedEvgeni Malkin holds the club’s record for total penalty minutes.