Evgeni Malkin was picked up by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
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Evgeni Malkin is regarded by many as one of the best ice hockey centre to have played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was born on 31 July,1986 in Magnitogorsk, Russia SFSR, Soviet Union. He started his professional career with his hometown club Metallurg Magnitogorsk. After being drafted, he made his Russian Super League debut in the 2003–04 season as a 17-year-old. He has won almost everything internationally for Russia with becoming the world champions in 2012 and 2014.
He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins having joined them way back in 2006. He has been named in the NHL All-Star Team 3 times and has played in the NHL All-Star Game on 8 occasions. He has won the Calder Memorial Trophy once and also won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2012. He is also a 3 times Stanley Cup Champion and won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2009. He has also won the Ted Lindsay Award in 2012 and the Art Ross Trophy 2 times. He has also won the World Championships Fest Forward and the Wold Championships Most Valuable Player in 2012. Evgeni Malkin wears the #71 jersey for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Evgeni Malkin was picked up by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He started his first game on October 18, 2006 against the New Jersey Devils, where he scored his first NHL goal. He set a modern NHL record when by scoring a goal in each of his first six game, no player had achieved that feat since the NHL’s inaugural season in 1917–18. His debut season in the NHL was nothing short of appreciation as he registered 33 goals and 85 points, leading all first-year players and winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie.
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| Games | 981 |
| Goals | 444 |
| Assists | 702 |
| Points | 1146 |
Evgeni Malkin has a total net worth of about $55 million in 2022. While his time in the Pittsburgh Penguins, Malkin signed a three-year contract way back in 2006 valuing $11,502,600 with an average salary of $3,834,200. In 2009 Crosby signed a five-year $43,500,000 contract with an average salary of $8,700,000. He then went onto sign an eight-year contract of $76,000,000 with an average salary of $9,500,000.
Evgeni Malkin has signed several endorsements deals earning him around $5 million per year with:
Evgeni Malkin is married to long-time girlfriend Anna Kasterova. The couple started dating each other in 2013. They had to survive through a long-distance relationship as both of they lived at different places with Anna living in Moscow and Malkin was in Pittsburgh. It was Malkin who approached Anna in the first place.
After finishing her graduation, she started her career as an editor for the channel TNT’s show Moscow and has also hosted the Morning Russia show. Apart from that, she had the opportunity to work with companies like BBC, NTV, and Russia 2. Anna also has a lot of interest in sports and she has hosted shows like Bolshoi Sports Program, and Headbutt Football show. Malkin and Anna have one child at the moment, a small girl.
