MOSCOW, Apr 22 New York Rangers defeat » New York Islanders» in the NHL regular season match. The meeting on the ice of the «Islanders» ended with a score of 6:3 (3:0, 2:1, 1:2) in favor of the guests, whose hat-trick was scored by Andrew Kopp (4 -th, 8th, 19th minutes), also goals were scored by Chris Kreider (38), Ryan Strome (40) and Ryan Reeves (53). Russian goalkeeper Alexander Georgiev saved 26 shots on target. The hosts scored Brock Nelson (21, 43) and Josh Bailey (54), Russian goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov made 17 saves. Rangers forward Artemy Panarin scored four assists and was recognized as the first star of the match. He scored four points in an NHL game for the 15th time in his career. Panarin has 74 assists this season. He broke the Rangers record, previously shared by Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky, for most assists by a forward in a single regular season.In another match of the day, Tampa Bay defeated Toronto on home ice (8 :one). Russian Lightning goalkeeper Andrey Vasilevsky saved 36 shots, Russian defender Mikhail Sergachev scored a pass. Russian forward “Tampa” Nikita Kucherov scored a puck and an assist. He scored 600 points in the NHL regular season and became the fourth player in the club's history to reach this mark, joining Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier. The Russian took the least number of games for this (557 matches).
