NHL Rink Wrap: First shutout for Thompson, Panarin leads Rangers, 100 for McDavid
All season the New York Rangers have been relying on their goaltending — mainly Igor Shesterkin — to win them games. When Shesterkin has not played, it has been a bit of a struggle. That was the case on Wednesday night against the Detroit Red Wings when they needed to rely on their offense to get two points in the standings. It was a three-point night from Artemi Panarin that led the way. He scored his 18th goal of the season in the second period, and then assisted on Chris Kreider‘s 46th goal of the season to tie the game late in the third period before also assisting on Andrew Copp‘s game-winning goal in overtime to give them a little more cushion over the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second place spot in the Metropolitan Division.
