Russian forward for the New York Rangers Artemy Panarin who scored a hat-trick in the game against Boston, was not included among the three NHL game day stars.
The Rangers beat Boston 5-2. Panarin scored his third hat-trick of the season and was recognized as the first star of the match. The Russian updated his personal record of goals and, with 97 (41+56) points, he occupies the fifth place in the list of top scorers of the season.
Also not among the three best stars of the day is the Tampa striker, who scored an assist in the match against San Jose (4:1). Nikita Koucherov leading the race for scorers (122 points).
The first star of the day was Nashville goalkeeper Kevin Lankinen, who made 33 saves and a shutout in the match against Florida (3:0).
The second star was named Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick, who stopped 24 shots in the game against Boston. Quick tied Ryan Miller’s record of 391 wins for the most NHL games won by an American goaltender.
The third star of the day was Edmonton defenseman Mattias Ekholm, who scored 3 (2+1) points in the 8:3 victory over Buffalo.
Source : MatchTV
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