MOSCOW, March 30 Russian striker of the National Hockey League (NHL) club» Pittsburgh Penguins «Evgeni Malkin set a new record among Russians for the number of assists in the NHL regular season. In the match with the New York Rangers (2: 3), Malkin scored a productive pass, which became the 697th for the Pittsburgh forward in his career . It took Malkin 971 matches to reach that mark. The 35-year-old forward overtook Sergei Fedorov (696 assists in 1,248 games) to take a clear top spot on the list of top NHL assistants among Russian players.
