Athletistic / Hockey. Russian Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin took 43rd place on the list of best assists in NHL history. The Russian made his next assists in the NHL regular season game against the Washington Capitals.

The match ended with a victory for Pittsburgh with a score of 4:0. Malkin scored one goal and made three assists.

Malkin was recognized as the first star of the match “Washington” – “Pittsburgh”

Malkin now has 761 assists in his NHL career. According to this indicator, the Russian clearly occupies 43rd place in the history of the league, repeating the result of Bernie Federko and Niklas Bäckström. In 42nd place is Chris Chelios (763).


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