Evgeni Malkin

Finisher
Steady

Points, 2026–27: 7; 5 G, 2 A in 10 GP
Individual xG: 2.5; 5 goals from it
Ice time per game: 17:29; 21 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 52.2; share of chances while he's on

Evgeni Malkin has 5 goals and 2 assists (7 points) in 10 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026–27, with 21 shots on goal and 17:29 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 35.3 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

10 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

Rated above 15% of forwards

Goals above average: +0.0
Wins: +0.00

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.24, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 14.7% of 402 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Clutch

+0.87 SD · 85th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0685th pct
Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.2269th pct

Percentiles are against 402 rated forwards in 2026-27, on 134 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

vs MTL
Saturday, October 3
Big night
Three points for Evgeni Malkin: one goal and two assists. He has 2 goals this season. He played 19:41 and had one shot on goal. It finished 6-5 for the Penguins in overtime.
vs FLA
Saturday, April 4
Hat trick
Evgeni Malkin scored three goals and added one assist. He also had 9 shot attempts against an average of 4.2. His goal stood up as the winner. The Penguins beat the Panthers 9-4.
at COL
Monday, March 16
Big night
Three points for Evgeni Malkin: two goals and one assist. His goal stood up as the winner. That was his 15th goal of the season. It finished 7-2 for the Penguins.
at NYR
Saturday, February 28
Volume
Evgeni Malkin had 9 shot attempts. Seven reached the net and none went in. His average this season was 4.3. The Penguins lost 3-2 to the Rangers in a shootout.
vs OTT
Monday, February 2
Streak
Evgeni Malkin has a point in 6 straight games. He has 43 points in 39 games this season. The Penguins fell 3-2 to the Senators.
at VAN
Sunday, January 25
Streak
Evgeni Malkin has scored in 3 straight games. That was his 13th goal of the season. He played 16:01 and had five shots on goal. It finished 3-2 for the Penguins.
at TBL
Thursday, December 4
Big night
Evgeni Malkin had three points, two goals and one assist. His goal with under five minutes left was the winner. It finished 4-3 for the Penguins.
vs TOR
Saturday, November 29
Volume
Evgeni Malkin had 10 shot attempts. Six reached the net and none went in. He came in averaging 3.9 attempts a game. The Penguins lost 7-2 to the Maple Leafs.

Player card

Percentile among 378 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

Ice time per game17:29
73
Points per 602.40
68
Goals per 601.72
90
Individual xG per 600.85
54
Shots per 607.2
66

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice2.88
73
xG against per 60, on ice2.63
38
xGF%52.2%
60

Physical

Hits per 600.7
6
Blocks per 601.0
16
Penalty minutes per 600.7
73

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

Top speed20.9 mph
17
Bursts over 20 mph6
28
Distance skated29 mi
94

Shooting

Hardest shot81.0 mph
56
Shots on goal21
86
Shooting %23.8%
91

Zone time

Offensive zone time44.2%
72
Offensive zone time, even strength43.4%
81

Who he plays with

His most-used linemates at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

Linemates	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Tommy Novak, Egor Chinakhov	8	69:04	69–58	2.8–2.4	2–1	54%
Tommy Novak, Ville Koivunen	5	27:34	23–23	1.5–1.5	2–4	51%
Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell	6	7:48	8–9	0.8–0.4	2–0	68%
Connor Dewar, Blake Lizotte	9	3:04	2–0	0.0–0.0	0–0	100%
Blake Lizotte, Egor Chinakhov	5	2:47	9–1	0.5–0.1	0–0	90%
Sidney Crosby, Egor Chinakhov	6	2:35	0–4	0.0–0.1	0–0	0%
Egor Chinakhov, Ben Kindel	7	2:15	2–2	0.1–0.0	0–0	81%
Andrei Kuzmenko, Ben Kindel	5	2:06	0–2	0.0–0.1	0–0	0%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 5 goals from 27 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal

0.000.501.001.50

04-0410-19

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2026–27	10	5	2	7	21	2.5	17:29	2	3	52.2
2025–26	56	19	42	61	148	20.1	17:37	24	19	52.8
2024–25	68	16	34	50	126	15.0	17:47	32	53	48.9
2023–24	82	27	40	67	199	24.1	18:35	29	50	53.5

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk	PIM
2026-10-19	16:34	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0
2026-10-17	12:51	1	0	2	0.48	1	0	0
2026-10-16	17:01	1	0	2	0.25	0	0	0
2026-10-13	20:26	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	0
2026-10-10	19:54	0	0	2	0.38	0	0	0
2026-10-09	17:30	1	0	3	0.28	1	0	0
2026-10-07	17:22	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0
2026-10-05	17:47	0	0	4	0.34	0	1	0
2026-10-03	19:41	1	2	1	0.12	0	1	2
2026-09-30	15:47	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0
2026-04-29	19:39	0	0	3	0.50	0	0	0
2026-04-27	14:25	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2
2026-04-25	15:39	0	0	0	0.04	1	2	0
2026-04-22	20:06	1	0	2	0.27	0	0	2
2026-04-20	17:20	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	2
2026-04-18	20:27	1	1	1	0.06	2	0	0
2026-04-12	18:22	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0
2026-04-09	17:13	1	1	2	1.30	0	0	0
2026-04-05	17:14	0	2	2	0.44	0	0	0
2026-04-04	18:52	3	1	6	0.91	0	1	0