Video: Artemi Panarin had five Rangers goals against the Penguins

Artemi Panarin excelled on the Penguins ice, where the Rangers won a wild shootout 7:4. The star Russian forward contributed five points to the demolition of the home team, scoring two goals and assisting his teammates on three more.

Panarin scored five points again

Artemi Panarin was on the Rangers’ side for virtually everything of substance. He first made his presence known in the fourth minute of the first period when he scored his first point on an assist on Adam Fox’s goal, giving the Rangers a 1:2 lead. In the 16th minute of the same period, he scored his first goal of the game and once again turned the score in his team’s favour, this time to 2:3. Five minutes before that, Bryan Rust tied the game.

At 36:27, Panarin struck again on the power play and had three points on two goals and an assist and for the third time contributed to a turnaround in the score, this time the Rangers led 3:4.

Just 65 seconds later on another power play, Panarin’ s second pass of the game prompted Mike Zibanejad to score and he made no mistake. The Russian scored his third assist of the game and his fifth point in the fifth minute of the third period when Miller scored, forcing Tristan Jarry out of the net.

It was Panarin’s fifth five-point tally of his overseas career and first in over a year. In addition, he improved his ranking in the Canadian scoring with 93 points. He has 38 goals and 55 assists in 67 games this season.

Panarin is already a club legend

For the fourth time in the last five seasons, he has surpassed the 90-point mark in the regular season. He is just three points away from his 2021/22 season high of 96 points. On the contrary, this season he can even think about breaking the 100-point mark for the first time in his career. With 38 goals this season, he has already set a career high in a single season.

Moreover, his third assist in this game marked the 500th anniversary. assist in the regular season. In total, he has 754 points after 657 games, which is also a mark in the Rangers’ annals. He became the first player in franchise history to score at least 90 points in four seasons and three in a row.

So it is already clear that he has already left an indelible mark on an organization like the New York Rangers. It would just take a great performance from the regular season to translate that into Stanley Cup contention. The Rangers have been waiting for that trophy since 1994, when Mark Messier, Mike Richter and Brian Leetch led them to a playoff victory.

Source: NHL