Malkin Scores 500th NHL Goal, Passes Ovechkin by One
Recently, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres played as part of the NHL regular championship.
The game ended with a score of 6:5 in favor of the first team.
The match turned out to be very important for Pittsburgh player Evgeni Malkin.
During the game, the Russian hockey player scored his 500th goal in the regular championships of the National Hockey League, TASS reports.
Besides Malkin, only 47 hockey players have managed to reach this mark. Of these, only three continue their careers: Sidney Crosby, Steven Stamkos and Alexander Ovechkin.
By the way, regarding the latter... Malkin managed to surpass him in the number of points earned in overtime.
Ovechkin currently has 40 points, while his compatriot already has 41 points.
However, both Russians are still behind Sidney Crosby, who has earned 48 points in overtime since the start of his NHL career.
As for Malkin, he is currently the leader of the NHL scoring race for the 2023/2024 season.
The Russian hockey player has 11 points (2 goals and 9 assists). The athlete managed to earn this number of points in 5 matches.
