With his 35th goal of the season in Pittsburgh's 3-1 win over Montreal on Saturday night, Evgeni Malkin secured the first Art Ross Trophy of his career as the league's leading scorer. Malkin finishes the regular season with 113 points, beating out Washington's Alex Ovechkin, who finished with 110.
Ovechkin will take home his second straight Maurice Rocket Richard award as the league's leading goal-scorer, tallying 56 for the season.
Malkin's scoring title is the 13th in the history of the Penguins franchise, as he becomes the fourth different player to win one, joining Mario Lemieux (six), Jaromir Jagr (five) and Sidney Crosby (one).
It's also worth pointing out that each of the five previous Art Ross Trophy winners also took home the Hart Trophy as the league MVP. The last scoring champion to not win the MVP award was Jarome Iginla in 2001-02 as he lost out to Montreal Canadiens goalie Jose Theodore.
