Panarin, who has 11 points (five goals, six assists), is the first Rangers player to have multiple points in the first four games of a season. The last NHL player to do it was Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers, who had at least two points in the first six games of the 2021-22 season. Mario Lemieux holds the NHL record of 12 in 1992-93.
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and three assists, and Adam Fox had three assists for the Rangers (3-0-1), who opened the season with a four-game point streak for the first time since 2008-2009. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves for New York, which also defeated Detroit 4-1 on Monday.
Moritz Seider and J.T. Compher scored for the Red Wings (1-3-0). Cam Talbot allowed five goals on 19 shots before being replaced midway through the second period by Alex Lyon, who stopped all 15 shots he faced.
Panarin gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 8:30, scoring off a cross-ice pass by Trocheck after Alexis Lafreniere forced a turnover in the Red Wings end.
Panarin made it 2-0 with a power-play goal at 15:39, putting a wrist shot over Talbot’s shoulder from the top of the left face-off circle.
Seider cut it to 2-1 at 1:27 of the second period, but Trocheck made it 3-1 at 8:46, tipping in Panarin’s shot on the power play.
Panarin completed the hat trick with another power-play goal to extend it to 4-1 at 11:42, scoring on a one-timer from the left circle off a pass from Fox.
Victor Mancini scored his first NHL goal to push it to 5-1 at 12:20 on a wrist shot near the blue line.
Compher made it 5-2 at 16:41 of the third period with a power-play goal.
