There was some flashes of that great chemistry Kane and Panarin had with the Blackhawks in 2015-16 in particular, when the former won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player and the latter won the Calder Trophy as the League's rookie of the year.
But it wasn't enough to produce a goal.
"We had a couple good moments together," Panarin said. "But it'll probably take some time."
Kane said, "I mean, you try to remember your routes and everything, but it's chemistry we had from, what was it, six, seven years ago. I don't think it's something that's going to happen overnight, but we'll find it."
Kane referred to the past week in his life as a "whirlwind."
He finally spoke about being traded with Chicago general manager Kyle Davidson in San Jose a week ago, when he agreed that he would waive his no-move clause to be moved to the Rangers.
Kane left the Blackhawks before they played the San Jose Sharks last Friday, returning to Chicago to wait for New York to clear enough salary cap space to make the move to acquire him.
He missed two more Blackhawks games Monday and Tuesday because of trade related reasons.
The deal was finally agreed to Tuesday night.
Kane flew to New York on Wednesday, toured the Rangers' suburban practice facility and later that night watched from afar his new team win 3-2 in overtime at the Philadelphia Flyers.
Kane's first time on the ice as a home player at the Garden was Thursday morning, a quiet and light workout with skills coach Mark Ciaccio, defenseman K'Andre Miller (suspended) and goalie Igor Shesterkin, who was the backup against Ottawa.
Then he had his introductory press conference, and hours later it was finally time for Kane to play his first NHL game for a team other than the Blackhawks.
The reception he got helped calm his nerves.
"It was awesome," Kane said. "Just the crowd and coming out for warmups, pregame introduction, first game as a Ranger it was a pretty cool experience."
So was the fact that he could share it with his girlfriend Amanda and their 2-year-old son, also named Patrick. Kane handed his boy a puck and gave him a fist bump after coming off the ice to end warmups.
His parents, Donna and Pat, were not in attendance because Kane said his sister had a baby Wednesday.
"It makes everything a little bit easier," Kane said of having Amanda and Patrick with him in New York. "Great to have them along with me. Would have been nice to have my family here with me too, but they'll make their way to a lot of games here down the stretch."
Those games will have more of a sense of normalcy for Kane than his debut did because now that it's over, reality can set in, the whirlwind can end and Kane can really get down to the business of why the Rangers wanted him in the first place -- to help them win the Stanley Cup.
The Rangers did not skate Friday after playing back-to-back games Wednesday and Thursday. They traveled to Boston for an afternoon game Saturday (1 p.m. ET; ESPN+, ABC, SN), after which they're scheduled for more time off because they don't play again until Thursday.
But the Rangers will practice a few times next week, and Kane is looking forward to it.
"We've got four days in between games, so it'll be nice to settle in, get a couple practices and understand the way they want to play systematically with the puck, offensive zone, things like that," Kane said. "They haven't given me too much yet, just telling me to go out there and play, but it'll be nice to settle in and play a little better for my teammates."
