Athletistic / Hockey. On the night of December 27-28, the Pittsburgh Penguins made fun of the New York Islanders’ defense during an NHL regular season road game. The Penguins beat the Islanders on their ice with a score of 7:0.
Evgeni Malkin scored a double in this match. The Metallurg Magnitogorsk graduate increased his NHL goal total to 484. This helped the 37-year-old Russian surpass the legendary Sergei Fedorov (483 goals) and move into second place in NHL goals among the Russians.
The best Russian sniper to ever play in the NHL is current Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin, who has scored 828 goals.
This season, Evgeni Malkin played 33 matches in the regular season and scored 29 (13+16) performance points. Gino made his NHL debut in the fall of 2006 and is now a three-time Stanley Cup winner.
Source: Sport
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