MOSCOW, Mar 28 National Hockey League (NHL) Club Head Coach » Pittsburgh Penguins» Mike Sullivan called Russian striker Evgeni Malkin one of the greatest players of all time. On Monday night, in a regular season match with the Detroit Red Wings (11: 2), Malkin scored a hat-trick and gave one assist. The forward was recognized as the first star of the game of the day in the NHL. «Gino, in my opinion, is one of the greatest players of all time. Not just in his generation, he is one of the greatest of all time,» Sullivan quotes Twitter «Pittsburgh.» Another compliment Malkin was made by his teammate Danton Heinen. «He's so interesting to watch, just incredible skill. He demonstrates the highest level of play every time he gets the puck,» said the Penguins forward. In total, Malkin has 32 (16 + 16) points in 30 games of the current NHL regular season. In the match with Detroit, 35-year-old Malkin caught up with Sergei Fedorov and shares with him the first place in the number of assists in the regular championships of the NHL among Russians. In addition, Malkin overtook Pavel Bure and became the fifth in the list of regular NHL snipers among Russians.
