Malkin inks 1-year extension with Penguins — The Fourth Period
Evgeni Malkin has signed a one-year, $5.5 million contract extension with the Penguins Penguins.
A three-time Stanley Cup Champion (2009, ’16, ’17), Malkin has played all 20 of his NHL seasons with the Penguins, where he ranks in the top-three in team history in all major statistical categories including games played (1,269, 2nd), goals (533, 3rd), assists (874, 3rd), points (1,407, 3rd), power-play goals (187, 3rd), game-winning goals (89, 2nd) and overtime goals (14, 2nd).
The seven-time NHL All-Star has won a plethora of individual awards, including two Art Ross Trophies (2009, ’12) awarded to the NHL’s regular-season scoring leader, one Hart Trophy (2012), one Ted Lindsay Award (2012), one Calder Trophy (2007) and one Conn Smythe Trophy (2009).
Malkin, 39, was originally drafted by Pittsburgh in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2004 NHL Draft.
