The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game. The match ended with the victory of the visiting team with a score of 5:2.
Connor Murphy, Buddy Robinson, Andreas Athanasiou, Tyler Johnson and Mackenzie Entwistle scored against Chicago. Russian defender Nikita Zaitsev provided an assist.
Evgeni Malkin and Danton Heinen score goals for the Penguins. This is Malkin’s 27th goal of the season.
Chicago is last in the Western Conference with 58 points. The Penguins are ninth in the Western Conference with 90 points.
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 was without their captain, Alexander Ovechkin. loss Boston Bruins in an NHL regular season game.