Artemi Panarin’s stat line from yesterday’s game read one assist with four shots on goal. Compared to other Rangers forwards in the lineup, he was statistically the team’s second best player to Mika Zibanejad, who had a goal and an assist in yesterday’s contest.
This is where numbers alone can be a bit deceiving. By all accounts from those who watched the game, Panarin struggled. The truth is, he did. The Rangers power play which relies heavily on him to move the puck and create time and space for Zibanejad and Tony DeAngelo to fire off shots went 0-7.