Russian forward Panarin scored the first goal for Los Angeles in the NHL

The Los Angeles Kings Hockey Club defeated the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season match. The game took place in Los Angeles on March 6 and ended with a score of 5:3.

Artemy Panarin, Samuel Helenius, Mikey Anderson, Alex Laferrier and Adrian Kempe scored for the winners. Panarin opened the scoring in the fourth minute of the match — this was his first goal for his new club. In addition, the Russian striker scored an assist.

Bo Horvath, Adam Pelech and Emil Heineman scored goals for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin, the Russian goalkeeper of the New York team, blocked 30 of 35 shots on his own goal.

Following the results of the match, Panarin was recognized as the second star of the meeting.

After this victory, Los Angeles scored 64 points and ranks sixth in the Pacific Division standings. The New York Islanders are in third position in the Metropolitan Division with 75 points.

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