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Evgeni Malkin is a Russian ice hockey player who has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL since the 2006–07 season. At the time of this article, he is 40 years old and in his 21st season in the league.
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MOSCOW, October 4 - RIA Novosti. Russian forward of the Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin rose to 22nd place in the list of top scorers in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) championships.
Pittsburgh hosts the Montreal Canadiens in a regular season match. Malkin scored a goal. This performance in the game brought the Russian Penguins forward to 1,409 career points in 1,271 NHL games.
In terms of career points scored in the regular season, Malkin overtook Dale Hawerchuk and moved up to 22nd place on the list of top scorers in the history of the NHL championships.
Evgeni Malkin is 40 years old. The 2026/27 season is the Russian’s 21st in his NHL career.

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