3 Stanley Cup Rings Stolen From Home of Penguins Star Evgeni Malkin

Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin is the latest professional athlete whose home was burglarized while away at a game. 

The home of Malkin, 38, was robbed on Saturday, January 13, with his three Stanley Cup rings among the stolen items. Malkin won the Cup as a member of the Penguins in 2009, 2016 and 2017.

According to local CBS affiliate KDKA-TV, which first reported the news, Malkin lives in the Pittsburgh suburb of Sewickley Heights, roughly 15 miles away from the Penguins’ home at PPG Paints Arena in downtown Pittsburgh. 

A 911 call was made about the break-in “a few hours” after the Penguins hosted the Ottawa Senators at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 11. Malkin did not play in the game due to an upper body injury, but he returned to the Penguin’s lineup on Tuesday, January 14, against the Seattle Kraken. 

The Penguins organization released a statement on Tuesday, confirming the incident at Malkin’s home. 

“Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin’s home was burglarized this past weekend,” the statement read. “Details of the situation will not be made public as this is an ongoing investigation. We are working closely with local authorities and team security. Malkin has requested that his privacy be respected during this time and we will have no further comment on the matter.”

According to The Athletic, the FBI is involved in the matter and the investigation remains ongoing.

The robbery at Malkin’s home furthers a trend of pro athletes being burglarized while they are publicly away from their homes.

In December 2024, the Ohio residence of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was robbed while he was in Texas to face the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football. 

Burrow’s rumored girlfriend, Olivia Ponton, was at the home at the time of the robbery. Ponton, 22, told authorities a room in the home had been “ransacked” and gave “a non-detailed itemization of what items were possibly missing.”

Kansas City Chiefs teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were robbed in separate incidents less than 48 hours apart in October 2024. 

The Belton, Missouri residence of Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, was burglarized in the early morning hours of October 6. Police were dispatched to the home on a burglary/breaking and entering call. According to the police report, there were no signs of forced entry. 

The following evening, October 7, the Leawood, Kansas home of Kelce was similarly broken into. Police reported that $20,000 was taken and a rear door was broken. At the time of the break-in at Kelce’s home, the Kansas City Chiefs were playing the New Orleans Saints on Sunday Night Football at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.

In November 2024, a watch belonging to Kelce that was taken during the robbery was found in Providence, Rhode Island. 

No arrests have been made in the Burrow, Mahomes or Kelce robberies.