Panarin Leads Rangers to 12-Game Win Streak!
Nick Wosika-Imagn Images The New York Rangers are enjoying their best run of the 2025-26 season. The Blueshirts swept their four games last week, including a 4-2 road win against the powerful Minnesota Wild on Saturday, and are 6-1-2 since the NHL resumed play after the Olympic break. They’ll play four more games this week as part of a grind that includes nine games in a stretch of 15 days – and on Monday night, they’ll welcome back the subject of perhaps their biggest trade in the past decade.
Artemi Panarin makes his return to Madison Square Garden when the Los Angeles Kings come to Madison Square Garden to complete their swing through the New York area. Panarin was on his way to leading the Rangers in scoring for the seventh straight season when the Blueshirts dealt him to the Kings on Feb. 4.
"I wish it was going to be next year. " Artemi Panarin is already thinking about Monday night and his return to Madison Square Garden. Caught up with the now Kings forward after practice on Long Island yesterday.
He had a lot to say. https://t. co/W5eZO9DcLP — Dan Rosen (@drosennhl) March 13, 2026 Panarin is unquestionably the best free-agent signing in franchise history.
But GM Chris Drury had told the 34-year-old Russian forward, who could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, that they weren’t going to re-sign him. Panarin had a no-movement clause in his contract and told Drury the only team he would accept a trade to was the Kings. The game begins a stretch that will see the Rangers play 11 of their next 13 games at home.
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