Russian forwards for the New York and Tampa Rangers Artemy Panarin And Nikita Koucherov strengthened their position among the top three scorers in the NHL.
In a 4–1 win over Minnesota, Panarin scored and provided an assist. The 32-year-old forward now has 22 (8+14) points in 13 games this season.
Tampa lost at home to Chicago with a score of 3:5. Kucherov scored a goal, which became his 11th this season. The Russian striker has scored goals in each of the last four matches. Kucherov has 23 (11+12) points this season.
Kucherov was knocked out of first place in the race by Vancouver’s Swedish forward Elias Pettersson. “Vancouver” beat “Ottawa” with a score of 5:2. Pettersson provided two assists and scored one goal. The attacker has 24 (7+17) points.
NHL. Regular season
New York Rangers (New York) – Minnesota Wild (St. Paul) – 4:1 (1:0, 0:1, 3:0)
Goals: Trochek, 3:56. Lafrenière 41:41. Wheeler, 54:39 (bol.). Panarin, 58:39. —Duhaime, 32:33.
Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa) – Chicago Blackhawks (Chicago) – 3:5 (2:4, 0:1, 1:0)
Goals: Cirelli, 3:20 (bol.). Kucherov, 12:31 p.m. Stamkos, 57:50 (bol.). – Bédard, 4:42 a.m., 7:52 p.m. Korchinski, 4:43 p.m. Johnson, 5:38 p.m. Perry, 22:12 (bol.).
Ottawa Senators (Ottawa) – Vancouver Canucks (Vancouver) – 2:5 (1:2, 1:1, 0:2)
Goals: Batherson, 6:15 p.m. Dent, 30:58 p.m. — Béser, 12:15 a.m. Mikheev, 3:00 p.m., 49:23 p.m. Miller, 38:08. Pettersson, 53:28 (bol.).
Source : MatchTV
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