Penguins Tie Flyers Shutout Mark, Set Road Record
The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the 2026-27 NHL season with a 7-0 road shutout of the Philadelphia Flyers. Nick Robertson scored twice, Evgeni Malkin and three others also scored, and Arturs Silovs stopped all 19 shots; the victory reportedly set an NHL record for the largest road shutout in a season opener.
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About Evgeni Malkin
Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Geno", Malkin began his career with his hometown club Metallurg Magnitogorsk, playing for their junior and senior teams. He was then selected second overall in the 2004 NHL entry draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, though an international transfer dispute delayed the start of his NHL career until 2006. Malkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of the modern NHL era and a quintessential piece of the Pittsburgh Penguins' salary cap era success.
Everything about Evgeni Malkin →- Occupation
- ice hockey player
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia, United States
- Born
- July 31, 1986