SUNRISE, Fla. — By the time Artemi Panarin got on the board in this Eastern Conference Final, it was far too late to celebrate.
For the first half of this playoff run, it appeared that Panarin had finally defeated the narrative that grabbed hold of his last two postseasons.
Instead, it struck right back at him in this Eastern Conference Final, when his goal 18:20 into the third period of the Rangers’ 2-1 loss in Game 6 to Florida counted for his first since Game 3 of the second round — an eight-game drought that lasted nearly the entirety of a series in which the Blueshirts consistently struggled for offense.
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