Panarin talks about his game after the Columbus game when he scored 2 goals:
Despite the two-goal outburst, Panarin was not happy with his play against his former Columbus teammates. “I can’t say I played pretty good tonight, honestly,” Panarin said after scoring once from the low left circle and once from the top of the right circle. “It was the luckiest space for me or the right space. I don’t know. I’m happy with my game when I [set up] a lot of chances for my teammates. But I tried. In the beginning of the year, I tried to find my game, but I don’t forget how I need to play to be good. It was maybe three games at the beginning of the year, but after I see my game on TV, it was not pretty well, so I started working. Sometimes, you feel like you’re doing everything right, but when you look at the TV, you see that you’re not skating enough, you’re not trying enough. That’s just my point. Maybe somebody is different and can see it right away. But if you get six points, you probably played okay.” Panarin has four goals and 15 points in 14 games so you can imagine how well he will play when he is happy with his game.