In the regular match of the National Hockey League (NHL) with Montreal Canadiens (5: 2), the Russian player scored two assists. Thus, Panarin scored 87 points this season, which is his first in the Rangers.
Only Mark Messier (107), Mike Rogers (103) and Wayne Gretzky (97) are ahead of him in New York debut season points. Panarin beat Marian Gaborik (86) on this indicator and caught up with Walt Poddubny (87).
It was previously reported that Panarin repeated his personal NHL points record for the season.