Artemiy Panarin scored three times in the match with Columbus and was the second Russian to surpass the 80-point mark. New York goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin made 30 saves, and Pavel Buchnevich scored the 80th goal of his career for St.
Louis. Panarin continues his rivalry with Nikita Kucherov for the title of best Russian forward in the current season of the National Hockey League. The Rangers forward scored 251 times during his career and came out in clear 13th place in this indicator among Russians.