Evgeni Malkin
Age 40 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 211 lb · Born Magnitogorsk, RUS
Drafted 2004, #2 overall by Pittsburgh
2025-262025-26: 56 games, 19-42-61, 1.09 points per game Season detail →
Evgeni Malkin has 4 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 61 points in 56 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample4 points in 3 games for the 13th-placed Pittsburgh
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 2 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
12 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 56 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 10.35 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.01vs
MTL3 Oct · 3rd 10:43 - 19.99@
PHI30 Sep · 3rd 01:28 - 19.99vs
WPG5 Oct · 1st 03:15 - 19.89vsMTL3 Oct · 3rd 14:08
- 19.53@PHI30 Sep · 1st 19:42
- 19.43vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 05:36
- 19.38vsMTL3 Oct · 2nd 06:23
- 19.32@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 07:53
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 80.98@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 01:58
- 70.75vsWPG5 Oct · 1st 03:18
- 66.98vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 19:41
- 65.88@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 05:03
- 46.85@PHI30 Sep · 1st 13:28
- 46.46@PHI30 Sep · 1st 01:26
- 19.04vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 07:44
- 9.58vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 14:05
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.88vsWPG5 Oct · 17:47 TOI
- 3.58vsMTL3 Oct · 19:41 TOI
- 2.73@PHI30 Sep · 15:47 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.06 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Washington, a point in one of two
WSHL 0-30002−218:22WSHW 5-30111+118:22WPGL 2-30004−117:47MTLW 6-5 OT1231+219:41PHIL 0-71012015:47Priced at 51% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
61 points in 56 games on a team that finished 10th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 19 goals and 42 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
6 of 19 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
250 attempts across the 58 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 56 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 90th percentile of forwards: 93.07 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in almost three games out of four (40 of 56)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run, and how that compares with the market price.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in one of two
WSHL 0-30002−218:22WSHW 5-30111+118:22WSHL 0-30002−218:22
NJDW 5-21122+317:13
FLAW 5-20222017:14FLAW 9-43146018:52
TBLL 3-60002−118:18
DETW 5-10115+117:32
CARL 1-50000−216:05WPGW 5-4 SO0111+119:44CAROTL 5-6 OT0110−121:43
COLW 7-22133+116:18WPGL 2-30004−117:47MTLW 6-5 OT1231+219:41PHIL 0-71012015:47Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 51% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 11.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 117th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Pittsburgh
Twenty-one seasons · 2006-07 to 2026-27Hendrix Lapierre sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwenty-one seasons, all with the Penguins
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct