Russian New York Rangers forward Artemi Panarin played another amazing match in the new National Hockey League (NHL). Of the 23 meetings held in the current “regular season” of such games, the Russian played almost every one, but today the Blue Shirts star made the entire “blue” part of New York rejoice, and American journalists bestowed the loudest epithets on him.
Although Artemy Panarin himself is a modest person. On the contrary, he does not like unnecessary noise in the press about his person. But with his play he forces others to talk about themselves. In the good sense of the word. In today's match against the San Jose Sharks, Panarin scored his fifth hat-trick in his overseas career and also scored an assist.
Scoring four points in a game for the 19th time in his NHL career, Artemy brought ” Rangers” victory in a very difficult match, in which the Sharks kept the entire Madison Square Garden in suspense until the very final siren.
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“Artemi Panarin becomes the main contender for the Hart Trophy, which is awarded annually to the most valuable player in the NHL. He's reluctant to discuss his stunning start to the season, but he probably won't be able to avoid it for too long. We will have to keep trying, but for now his results speak for themselves. Yes, the 32-year-old Russian has been hard on himself since last spring's playoff disappointment, when Panarin's poor performance led to the Rangers' early exit. and increased the number of questions about whether Artemy could become a key player in a championship-level team. The answer won't come for months, but for now Panarin is silencing the critics with one of the best performances of his career. “Just don’t ask him about it,” the famous USA TODAY Network reporter and Rangers game observer wrote in his column on the lohud portal. Vincent Mercogliano.
As for those same “issues”, it is worth paying attention to another famous American journalist – Johnny Lazarus. Back in September, he posted an article on The Hockey News portal in which he expressed the opinion that the new season would be the most difficult for Artemi Panarin in his career. He also hinted that the new head coach of the Blue Shirts, Peter Laviolette, may limit the Russian’s playing abilities and made a forecast for Khlebushka’s final performance – 88 points (28 goals and 60 assists).
Artemy will probably greatly exceed the journalist's expectations. In 23 championship matches, he has already scored 35 points (15+20), and according to the current schedule he is on 124 points (53+71). In his new article, which Lazarus called “Panarin's hat-trick keeps Rangers on top of the reef,” the columnist praised the Russian for his focus on the other goal.
“High accuracy of shots has always been one of Panarin's greatest strengths. Khlebushek continues to set new records for the Rangers. Today the Sharks had the advantage twice in the evening, but Panarin had something to say about this. He scored two goals out of three scored after successful rebounds near the opponent’s goal. Although we usually don’t see Panarin scoring such “fat” goals,” the journalist wrote.
This was also noted by the authors of the Forever Blueshirts portal, where materials about the life of the Rangers are published. A post about Panarin's hat-trick against San Jose received a funny headline: “Too Much Bread for the Sharks.” This is a play on words using Artemy's famous nickname.
“”Since National Bread Day, which usually celebrated on November 17, three weeks have passed. But Panarin remains in a celebratory mood. His hat trick today led the Rangers to a wild win over San Jose, the club's 3,000th NHL regular season win. Previously, only four clubs in the league managed to achieve this feat. It is noteworthy that even after scoring three goals, Panarin continued to demonstrate an excellent game and made it even better when he assisted in K’Andre Miller’s goal,” the note says.
Panarin was also praised by his opponents. On The Mercury portal News, which publishes materials including about San Jose, journalists highlighted the strength and power of the Russian Rangers forward: the Sharks showed resilience, but simply could not slow down the Rangers, or more precisely, Artemi Panarin.
Short and to the point.
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