So Paigin is currently pointless through two games. However, that's on par with most of his teammates; Ak Bars was dealt a rough hand with three games in five days to start the season, and they've scored just four times in that span. The only reason they aren't winless is because they have one of the best goalies in the league in Emil Garipov, and he's been excellent in both of his appearances- a 2-1 win and a 2-1 shootout loss.
As for Paigin, he was averaging just under 18 minutes a night heading into yesterday, when he was scratched as part of an eight-man defensive rotation that head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov is attempting to run early on. There's been a lot of line juggling on the whole after an uncharacteristically slow start for Ak Bars, so I wouldn't necessarily take it as an indictment of his play.
Ak Bats plays again Tuesday. Hopefully he draws back in then.