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There hasn’t been a single Rangers win this season without Artemi Panarin on the stat sheet in some form.

In the 11 victories the Rangers have had, the Bread Man has registered a point in each. Coming as advertised doesn’t exactly describe Panarin, who chose to sign for seven years with the Blueshirts for what now looks like a bargain price of $81.5 million.

Going at the rate that he has, Panarin is on pace for 112 points this season, which would count as the second-highest scoring season in Rangers history behind Jaromir Jagr (123 points in 2005-06). It would likely be the third most prolific single season on a per-game basis, behind Jagr and Jean Ratelle, who posted 109 points in the 1971-72 season despite only competing in 63 games due to a broken ankle that sidelined him for 15 games.

“I thought he was going to be impactful, it’s been better than I envisioned,” coach David Quinn said following practice Tuesday. “Not just because of what we’ve seen on the ice but, I’ve talked about this before, what he brings away from the rink. His personality and how much he loves the game. He’s a great example for our young players.”

With his three assists in Monday night’s overtime victory over the Wild, which included an assist on Tony DeAngelo’s game-winner, Panarin became the first Ranger to post eight multi-point performances in a 10-game span since Pavel Bure during the 2001-02 season.

Aside from leading the Blueshirts in goals (12), assists (18) and points (30), the Russian winger has been on the ice for 43 of their 74 goals this season.

“He’s unreal,” DeAngelo said. “I think everybody is impressed with him, his skill set, the plays he makes, he plays both sides of the puck, too. Sometimes you just think a guy is all offense. I don’t know if you guys saw, but [Monday] night he had a huge backcheck in the game, too. There was a two-on-one and he backchecked and took two guys out of the play. And then we went on the attack. He’s been really impressive and been great for us so far. We’re happy to have him.”

Filip Chytil had a maintenance day Tuesday, but Quinn said he should be good to go for Wednesday’s matchup with the Hurricanes.

Greg McKegg did not participate in practice as he continues to nurse a lower-body injury sustained in Saturday’s come-from-behind win over the Canadiens.

Henrik Lundqvist is expected to get the start in net Wednesday.

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