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Loading…Evgeni Malkin, a 40-year-old right winger for the Pittsburgh Penguins, grades as a clear top-quartile winger with a 77.6 overall (64th of 384). That makes him the 3rd-highest-rated player on the Pittsburgh Penguins roster.
His best component is offensive creation at 84, with defensive impact (19) trailing the rest of his game.
He surged from 66.1 in 2024-25 to 86.3 in 2025-26, one of the bigger jumps in his 18-season card history.
At $5.5M through 2026-27 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $9.1M, so the Pittsburgh Penguins save roughly $3.6M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 5th-largest on the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL roster and uses 5.3% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $6.33M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 84 |
| Defense | 19 |
| Play driving | 71 |
| Finishing | 81 |
| Power play | 69 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 56 | 86.3 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 68 | 66.1 | 0.3 |
| 2023-24 | PIT | 82 | 87.4 | 1.1 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 82 | 95.4 | 1.3 |
| 2021-22 | PIT | 41 | 89.1 | 1.3 |
| 2020-21 | PIT | 33 | 75.5 | 0.4 |
| 2019-20 | PIT | 55 | 98.5 | 1.9 |
| 2018-19 | PIT | 68 | 90.5 | 1 |
| 2017-18 | PIT | 78 | 93.8 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | PIT | 62 | 94.6 | 1.9 |
Other PIT wingers by rating: Rickard Rakell (72.2), Bryan Rust (64.5), Justin Brazeau (58.5), Andrei Kuzmenko (57.5). See the full Pittsburgh Penguins cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.