The New York Rangers are hot and no one is hotter than the Breadman. Artemi Panarin scored twice and nearly missed recording consecutive hat tricks in beating the Vancouver Canucks on the road by a 6-4 margin.
Panarin finished the night with three points including his sixth goal in his last two games and registering 12 points in his last six (6 goals, 6 assists).
“He can be as deadly as anyone in the League,” said Jimmy Vesey, who assisted on Panarin’s first tally. “Right now he’s hot, and it’s a tough matchup for other teams.