 Evgeni Malkin was added to the All @-@ Star Game on January 22 as a replacement following an injury to Sidney Crosby . In the game , Malkin recorded two assists . On April 29 , the NHL announced that Malkin , along with Alexander Ovechkin and Jarome Iginla , was named as a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy , awarded to the player most valuable to his team . With 106 points , Malkin was the Penguins ' leader in scoring . He finished second in the League only to Ovechkin . At one point in the season , Malkin recorded a 15 @-@ game point streak , the longest by a Russian player in the NHL . In June , he was announced as the League 's top center and honored on the First All @-@ Star Team alongside Ovechkin and Iginla , defensemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Dion Phaneuf , and goaltender Evgeni Nabokov . 
