Russian Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin’s father, Vladimir Malkin, talked about his son’s depressive state after his son was unable to make it to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs. TASS.
According to the results of the regular season of the 2022/23 season, the Penguins took ninth place in the Eastern Conference. The current record streak for North American sports has been interrupted, while Pittsburgh has won three Stanley Cups (2009, 2016, 2017).
“Of course he gets depressed when you can’t make the playoffs – the mood is always very bad. We had to win against Chicago and he said we had no right to lose. Washington gave them a chance and they didn’t use it,” he said.
It was previously reported that Malkin. it happened Leader of the National Hockey League among Russian players in terms of penalty minutes in the regular season of the 2022/23 season. This was reported on the league website.
Malkin played 82 games and scored 82 minutes penalty. Calgary Flames guard Nikita Zadorov is second in this indicator with a total time of 80 minutes in the penalty area in 82 matches.