Russian hockey player helped Jack Gentzel excel
Photo: Evgeny Malkin (Photo: Global Look Press)
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Yevgeny Malkin made the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs against the New York Islanders.
It happened in the middle of the first period during the numerical majority draw. After his passes and those of Christopher Letang, Jake Gentzel scored the puck.
Thus, the Russian scored 173 points (64 goals + 109 assists) in the relegation matches. According to this indicator, he passed one of the best players in ice hockey history, Mario Lemieux, who spent his entire career in Pittsburgh and now owns the club. The game is in the first half, the score is 2: 2.
The Russian reached this mark in the 170th game, and the Canadian dedicated 107 games to his feat (172 points). The club’s record holder is current team captain Sidney Crosby, who has so far scored 190 points in 173 games.
Lemieux is a living hockey legend. In regular NHL seasons, he played 915 games and scored 1,723 points (690 goals, 1,033 assists). The Canadian has played ten NHL All-Star games. He is the 2002 Olympic champion. Stanley Cup winner as a player in 1991 and 1992. In 2012, a monument was erected in his honor at the home arena in Pittsburgh.
RBC has published a long article on the exceptional career of the Canadian striker.
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