The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Evgeni Malkin to a one-year contract extension, President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas announced on May 26. The agreement will keep Malkin with the team through the 2026-27 season and carries an average annual value of $5.5 million.
Malkin, a three-time Stanley Cup Champion, has played all 20 of his National Hockey League seasons with the Penguins. He ranks in the top three in franchise history for games played (1,269), goals (533), assists (874), points (1,407), power-play goals (187), game-winning goals (89), and overtime goals (14). Only Sidney Crosby has played more seasons for the team. The seven-time NHL All-Star’s individual accolades include two Art Ross Trophies as regular-season scoring leader, a Hart Trophy as league MVP, a Ted Lindsay Award for most outstanding player, a Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, and a Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
Malkin became the 48th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals in 2024 and has been voted Penguins Team MVP by teammates five times. His notable playoff performances include leading all players with 36 points during Pittsburgh’s 2009 championship run—making him, at age 22 years and ten months, the fourth-youngest Conn Smythe winner—and topping postseason scoring again in their third Cup victory in 2017. In total, he ranks twelfth all-time in NHL postseason scoring with 183 points over 183 games; only Crosby has more playoff points for Pittsburgh.
At age thirty-nine, Malkin is among just forty players to record three or more one-hundred-point seasons and is one of eight active players to do so. He scored fifty goals during the 2012 season and averaged at least one point per game in sixteen out of twenty campaigns—a mark achieved by only four players historically. Since entering the league in 2006-07, he stands fourth overall in NHL goal-scoring and third both in assists and total points.
A native of Magnitogorsk, Russia, Malkin is among that country’s most accomplished hockey players: only Alex Ovechkin surpasses his point total among Russian-born skaters. Internationally he has represented Russia at three Olympic Games along with multiple World Championships at senior and junior levels plus appearances at youth tournaments and a World Cup of Hockey appearance.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are owned by Fenway Sports Group; they play home games at PPG Paints Arena downtown; have earned recognition for Hall of Fame contributors; achieved numerous playoff appearances; formed strong community ties; and remain central to local sports culture, according to the official website.
