Pittsburgh forward Evgeni Malkin provided an assist on the Penguins’ lone goal. He now has 777 assists in the NHL, ahead of Jean Ratelle (776) for 39th place in league history. Malkin’s next goal will be to match Brian Leach’s 781 assists.
This season, Malkin, 37, has 14 goals and 19 assists in 38 games. In total, he played in 1,101 NHL regular season games, scoring 1,262 (485+777) points.
- Malkin became the sixth Russian to reach 1,100 NHL games.
Source: Sport
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