Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist during a five-goal third-period surge and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Saturday night.
Malkin tied Alexander Mogilny for third-most goals in NHL history among Russian-born players. Malkin, who scored his 473rd career goal, trails only Sergei Fedorov andalso scored during Pittsburgh’s big third period comeback, as the Penguins won one night after shutting out Washington on the road.
Nedeljkovic, who spent time with Detroit last season, made his first start for the Penguins. He’s played parts of six NHL seasons with Carolina and Detroit and was a finalist for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the league’s top rookie, in 2020-21.Malkin took a drop pass from Smith at the right circle and he snuck a wrist shot under Markstrom’s arm at 14:14 of the third period for his milestone goal.Smith gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead just 23 seconds later.
Guentzel put Pittsburgh in front 3-1 at 5:50 of the third period. Guetnzel, who has points in three straight games, took a pass from Letang and blasted a one-timer from the right faceoff dot. Guentzel, who scored 36 goals last season, is two goals away from 200 in his career. Coronato opened the scoring at 18:22 of the second period with a power-play goal. The No. 13 overall pick in 2021 took a slot pass frombecame the 10th-youngest defenceman in NHL history to skate in 600 games on Saturday. Hanifin, who has 49 goals and 240 points, is the first player from the 2015 draft class to reach that mark.
The former No. 5 overall picked played his first 239 games in Carolina before a trade to Calgary ahead of the 2018-19 season.
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