Pittsburgh Penguins’ Russian forward Evgeni Malkin scored a goal against the Detroit Red Wings in the regular season match of the National Hockey League. He became the 474th in the league, according to this indicator he surpassed Alexander Mogilny and took third place in the list of the best Russian snipers in NHL history.
In second place is former Detroit player and current CSKA head coach Sergei Fedorov. He has 483 goals. The record holder for this indicator remains Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin, who scored 822 goals.
Last season, Malkin played in 81 games for the Penguins and scored 27 goals and 56 assists. He became the second highest scorer of his team. The best was Sidney Crosby, who scored 90 points (33+57).
This season, the Russian player played three matches, excluding the match against Detroit, and scored two goals and four assists in these matches. Pittsburgh won two out of three.
previously coach expressed concernThey will make a Russian a bad hockey player in the NHL.