After a 6-0 loss on their residence ice towards the New York Rangers, the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ 2024-25 season acquired off to a rocky begin. Nonetheless, they’d a chunk of historical past to be very completely happy about in a conflict with the Detroit Crimson Wings on Oct. 10. Evgeni Malkin, a veteran of 19 seasons solely with the Penguins, notched his 800th profession help.
800 apples for Evgeni Malkin! 🍎
Congrats Geno on reaching this unbelievable milestone! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/MGqonFOMbk
— NHL (@NHL) October 11, 2024
Malkin hit the mark in simply his 1,147th NHL sport, becoming a member of 33 different gamers to attain 800 assists in a profession. Although a lot of them weren’t precisely playmakers, legends reminiscent of Jari Kurri, Man Lafleur, Peter Stastny, Mats Sundin, and Teemu Selanne by no means scored that many of their Corridor of Fame careers.
With an approaching milestone in objectives (498; two away from 500) and factors (1,298; two away from 1,300), the 2004 second-overall choose will solely additional his standing as one of many all-time greats within the coming days. He has three Stanley Cups to his identify, a Conn Smythe Trophy, a Calder Trophy, two Artwork Ross Trophies, one Hart Trophy, and one Ted Lindsay Award. The 38-year-old clearly nonetheless has some gasoline left within the tank so as to add to that absurd resume.
