National Hockey League (NHL) “Pittsburgh Penguins” club’s Russian striker Evgeni Malkin has risen to 44th place in the list of top scorers in league history.
In the regular season game (1:2) with the Ottawa Senators, the 36-year-old forward had an assist. This impactful action totaled 1219 (468 goals and 751 assists) in 1051 games during his career in the NHL.
Evgeni Malkin caught Canadian Jean Beliveau (1219 points in 1,125 games) in terms of league championship points and climbed to 44th place on the list of top scorers in NHL history.
Malkin moved to Pittsburgh in 2006. He won the Stanley Cup three times (2006, 2010 and 2014) as part of the team. He signed a new contract with the Penguins on July 13, 2022. The deal was signed for four years, during which the Russian will earn $24.4 million.
It was previously reported that Washington Capitals’ Russian captain Alexander Ovechkin. broke the record 54 years before the NHL.