Athletistic / Hockey. The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils with a score of 6:3 in an away game of the NHL regular season. Russian forward Evgeni Malkin greatly contributed to this Penguins success.
Malkin scored three goals last night – he scored two goals and had an assist. During his NHL career, the 37-year-old Russian has scored 1,288 (494+794) points using the goal+pass system. It is noteworthy that in terms of the number of assists, Malkin now clearly ranks 35th in the history of the North American League, surpassing the figure of the legendary Guy Lefleur (793).
The new reference for Eugene is now the Finn Jari Kurri (797).
Evgeni Malkin has scored 59 points (23+36) in 75 games this season in the NHL.
Source: Sport
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