Rangers defeat Ottawa in NHL, Panarin scores goal and assist

MOSCOW Feb 21 club «Ottawa Senators» in an away match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting in Ottawa ended with a score of 2:1 (1:1, 1:0, 0:0) in favor of the guests. The Rangers responded to Tim Stützle's goal (5th minute) with accurate shots from Ryan Strom (8) and Artemy Panarin (30), who also scored an assist. The goalkeeper of the New York club Igor Shesterkin repelled 29 of 30 shots. Nikita Zaitsev made a pass for the Senators. Panarin was recognized as the first star of the match. This season, he has 55 points (14 + 41) in 45 games. Rangers is fifth in the NHL Eastern Conference, Ottawa is sixth in the West. In another game, Columbus defeated Buffalo (7 :3), one assist was given by the Blue Jackets players Yegor Chinakhov and Vladislav Gavrikov. “Arizona” took over “Dallas” (3:1), “Vegas” beat “San Jose” (4:1).