New York Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette shared his thoughts on the goal-scoring abilities of the team’s Russian forward Artemy Panarin, who scored the puck in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match against the Washington Capitals (2:1). His words guide the way official site Leagues.
“It’s good that he scores. I think he has an elite shot. He’s a sniper. Some players shoot by trying to get into the space between the posts, some players shoot and know exactly where the puck is going to go. Laviolette is that type of guy, so” “It’s good that he’s hot,” he said.
The Russian player appeared in 42 NHL games in total this season and scored 27 goals and 31 assists. He is by far Rangers’ top scorer. The puck in the match against Washington became the hockey player’s 400th career point with the Rangers, the fastest he reached this point in the club’s history – in 310 games.
The leader of the league in the goal+pass system is Russian Nikita Kucherov from Tampa. He has 28 goals and 44 assists. Second is Nathan MacKinnon (23+46) from Colorado. David Pastrnak (25+34) from Boston completed the top three. Panarin is in fourth place.
Panarin has been playing for the New York Rangers since 2019. Before that he played in the NHL for Columbus and Chicago.
Previously Panarin in the name The second star of the last NHL game.