Repetition of Panarin's personal record

Over the past week, the Rangers have gained an excellent move and again forced to talk about themselves as one of the main favorites in the fight for eighth place in the NHL Eastern Conference. Wards of David Quinn won an away victory over “Montreal” and extended their successful series to five matches, reducing the gap from going to the playoffs of “Columbus” to two points. And this despite the fact that during the meeting the guests conceded by a difference of two goals, but with the efforts of their leaders were able to score five times in a row. Moreover, four goals flew into the Canadiens goal between 52nd and 59th minutes.

One of the main creators of the success of the "blue shirt" was Artemy Panarin. This time, the striker showed himself as the organizer of the attacks and designed an assistant double. Moreover, it took him a little more than four minutes. First, he helped the Rangers excel in equal compositions, and then - to realize the majority. Moreover, in the first case, Mika Zibanezhad acted as a sniper (in overtime with the Islanders derby, it was the Swede who scored the Russians from the transfer and brought the team a major victory).

But if Zibanezhad helped the team even the score, then the puck by Ryan Strom in the majority almost eliminated all questions about the winner of the match. Caught on a dime, the Canadian put the club under the distant throw of Anthony Dianzhelo and for the fourth, last time in this match upset Carey Price. He scored the fifth goal into the empty net of the hosts, and the goalkeeper of the guests, Alexander Georgiev, acted as one of the assistants.

But if for the Rangers goalkeeper this score for performance was the first of the season, then Artemy Panarin repeated his personal goal score. The Russian has chalked up already 87 (32 + 55) points and repeated last year’s result. True, then it took him 79 matches, but this time only 62.

In addition, the Russian came out in third place in the scorer race, catching up with Connor MacDavid from Edmonton. At the moment, only David Pastarnyak from Boston is ahead of him - 90 (46 + 44) points and another forward of the Oilers Leon Dreisaitle 99 (37 + 62) points.

In addition, Panarin came out in fourth place on points scored in the debut season for the Rangers in the history of the team. In his first year, only Wayne Gretzky (97 points), Mike Rogers (103) and Mark Messier (107) performed better in one of the oldest league clubs.

The impressive Kucherov series

Tampa Bay was unable to crack down on Chicago on its ice. Moreover, in terms of chronology, this match turned out to be an exact copy of the previous one: the hosts briskly started and secured an advantage in two goals, but then missed five times. The team of John Cooper lost for the fourth time in a row and lagged even further behind the leading Boston.

It is noteworthy that all the main events occurred in the second half of the meeting. Fans had to wait as long as 35 minutes before an account was opened - Braden Point pushed Lightning forward. The forward was noted for a spectacular long-range throw, and Nikita Kucherov became one of the participants in the combination. And already at the 17th second of the third period, these hockey players switched roles. This time, the Canadian saw an undisguised Russian, who put a puck into the net.

Kucherov scored points in the 18th game in a row and continued his ascent in the scorers ranking. In his asset was 78 (31 + 47) points, which allowed him to beat Jonathan Uberdo and Jack Aikel and be on the seventh line. The same number of effective actions in the assets of Chicago striker Patrick Kane, who took part in one of the successful attacks of the guests. At the same time, the main character of the meeting was Dominic Kubalik, who broke out a hat-trick.

As for other Russians, Mikhail Sergachev ended the meeting with a utility indicator of “-1”, and Andrei Vasilevsky remained on the bench. The current owner of the Vezina Trophy received a day of rest, and had to be replaced by Curtis Mackinni - the Canadian goalkeeper completed the game with 84.6% of the reflected shots.

Goals of Guryanov and Gusev

If the forward of “Dallas” Alexander Radulov is unlikely to bring a competitive year into his asset, then his compatriot Denis Guryanov, on the contrary, gives out the best season of his career. He began to be constantly involved in matches for the Stars and has already paid off the coaching staff for this. The Russian player scored the 19th goal and continued the struggle for the title of best sniper team. So many times the gates of opponents were hit only by Olympic champion Sochi Jamie Benn.

This time, Guryanov distinguished himself in a match with Boston. In the debut of the third period, he fought great on the nickle and closed the sketch performed by Isa Lindell. True, the guests failed to create a sensation and beat the main contender for the Presidential Cup. The meeting ended with a score of 4: 3 in favor of the Bruins.

“New Jersey” was unable to extend the successful series and lost to “San Jose” at a party. In the battle of two acting head coaches, Bob Bugner took over, whose wards pulled out a victory in overtime. At the same time, the author of one of the Devils goals was Nikita Gusev, who distinguished himself by his successful actions in the fourth game in a row.

Gusev imposed a fight for the puck in the opponent's zone, but at first he did not succeed. He tried to push the veteran Joe Thornton to the board, but he easily pushed a smaller vis-a-vis. It seemed that the episode was over, but the Russian quickly got to his feet, continued to pressure and soon achieved his goal. A meter from the gate, Nikita "robbed" the gaping Jacob Middleton and outplayed Martin Jones in close combat.

The Russian has chalked up the 12th goal and has already scored 40 points this season. At the moment he is the second scorer of the team and second only to Kyle Palmieri (43), but taking into account the pace he has every chance to beat the American.

Defeat of “Washington” and Bobrovsky’s failure

Wards Todd Rirden could not win a third victory in a row and suffered a major defeat at a party. “Washington” conceded three unanswered goals in a duel with “Winnipeg”, and three of the four Russian hockey guests left the ice with a minus in the column “utility indicator”. The only exception was defender Dmitry Orlov, who did not spoil his statistics.

Unlike his compatriots from the capital's team, Dmitry Kulikov can safely bring this match into his asset. Already in the seventh minute he performed a powerful and accurate click, marking the defeat of the Capitals. For him, this goal was only the second of the season.

At the same time, it cannot be said that Washington lost absolutely meekly. Guests had many chances to excel, but Connor Helleback caught courage. The goalkeeper repelled all 34 shots on his goal, and when he was powerless, the frame helped him. Alexander Ovechkin and Ilya Kovalchuk had excellent opportunities, but they were not destined to upset the Jets goalkeeper.

I could not boast of a successful performance Sergei Bobrovsky. The Florida Russian goalkeeper conceded four goals in a confrontation with Toronto (3: 5), and was guilty of at least two of them. First, he lost sight of the puck and allowed Zack Hyman to play on finishing, and then missed in the near corner from Casperi Kapanen.