New York Rangers’ Russian forward Artemi Panarin surpassed Igor Larionov in the list of the best assistants in National Hockey League (NHL) history.
On the night of January 9, Moscow time, the Rangers lost to the Vancouver Canucks (3:6) at the Madison Square Garden stadium in New York. Panarin scored the puck and made the assist, his 31st this season and 476th in his NHL career.
According to this indicator, he took a clear 11th place among Russians, beating the former Detroit Red Wings hockey player and current head coach of Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Igor Larionov (475).
Artemiy Panarin appeared in 39 games in the 2023/24 NHL regular season and recorded 26 goals and 31 assists. Panarin scored a total of 242 goals in 629 games during his NHL career.
Rangers suffered their second defeat in a row and their third defeat in their last four games. Vancouver won its second straight and third in its last four games.
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