Athletistic/Hockey. Tampa Bay Lightning’s Russian forward Nikita Kucherov scored a goal and assisted in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with the Florida Panthers, improving his Stanley Cup Playoff scoring record .
Nikita now has 137 points (47 goals + 90 assists), which propelled him past Czech hockey legend Jaromir Jagr to 7th on the 28-and-under playoff scoring list.
The leader of the classification is Wayne Gretzky (274 points). The second and third places are occupied by Jari Kurri (177) and Mark Messier (169). Directly ahead of Kucherov in 6th place is Glenn Anderson (148).
“Tampa” won “Florida” with the score 4:1. Apart from Kucherov, who scored in the 56th minute, Corey Perry (37′, assist from Kucherov), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (44′) and Ross Colton (58′) scored for the Lightning. The only puck of “Florida” launched Anthony Duclair (15 ‘). The second game of the series between these teams will take place on May 20, starting at 02:00 Moscow time.
Source: Sport
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