Panarin became the ninth top scorer in the NHL among Russians.

Artemiy Panarin, who plays for the New York Rangers club, became the ninth in the ranking of the top scorers of the National Hockey League (NHL) among Russians.

"Now the 32-year-old Russian has 854 (295+559) points in 739 NHL career games. According to this indicator, he came in a clean ninth place among Russian players, surpassing Vyacheslav Kozlov, who scored 853 (356 + 497) points in his career," the Sport-Express newspaper clarifies.

Alexander Ovechkin is in first place in the rating. He currently has 1,605 (887+718) points.

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Washington forward Alexei Protas — about the game with the Great Eight, salary and Belarusian records in the NHL

On March 15, the New York Rangers hockey Club defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The match took place on March 15 and ended with a score of 4:0. Earlier in the day, Russian forward of the Washington Capitals hockey club Alexander Ovechkin scored the 887th career goal in a match against the San Jose Sharks. The forward reduced the gap from the record of Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky to seven goals.