New York Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Kings in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The match, which took place at the Madison Square Garden stadium in New York, resulted in a 4:1 victory for Rangers. The winning team’s goals were scored by Mika Zibanejad, Jimmy Vesey, Johnny Brodzinski and Will Killy. Phillip Danault scored Los Angeles’ only goal.
Russian Rangers forward Artemi Panarin scored a point in the match and assisted Zibanejad. Thus, the Russian striker scored a point for the 11th time in a row in Rangers’ home matches. In this indicator, he surpassed the outstanding Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky. Panarin also managed to get ejected from the game. He was sent to the penalty area for two minutes for playing with a high stick.
This season, Panarin achieved a total of 36 points (15+21) in 25 regular season games in the National Hockey League.
The Rangers are on a losing streak of two in a row. Los Angeles suffered its second consecutive defeat.
Previously was named Alexander Ovechkin has a problem that prevents him from scoring goals.