Athletistic / Hockey. New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin became the main hero of the NHL regular season match against the Pittsburgh Piguins (7:4). The 32-year-old Russian scored 5 (2+3) points for his performance.
Panarin notably recorded the 500th assist of his NHL career. This allowed Artemy to become the 10th Russian to reach this mark in the North American League. Previously, among Russian hockey players, this peak was conquered by Evgeni Malkin (789), Sergei Fedorov (696), Alexander Ovechkin (694), Sergei Zubov (619), Pavel Datsyuk (604), Alexei Kovalev (599) , Sergei Gonchar (591), Alexander Mogilny (559), as well as Nikita Kucherov (527).
Artemi Panarin made his debut in the NHL in 2015. During this time, he participated in 657 matches and scored 754 (254+500) effective actions with an overall utility indicator of “+149”. This season, in 67 matches, he scored 93 (38+55) points thanks to the goal+pass system.
Source: Sport
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