Athletistic/Hockey. In Raleigh (North Carolina, United States), on the night of November 25, an NHL regular season match took place between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The meeting ended with a crushing victory for the Lightning with a score of 8:2.
The winners featured a hat-trick from Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov scored a brace and Steven Stamkos, Luke Glendening and Brandon Hagel also scored a goal. Stefan Noesen and Michael Bunting made accurate shots for the Hurricanes.
The most productive player of the match was Tampa’s Russian forward Nikita Kucherov. The 30-year-old hockey player scored 6 (2+4) points using the goal+pass system in 20 minutes 30 seconds of play and finished the match with a utility score of “+4”. His compatriot and teammate, defender Mikhail Sergachev, spent 23:19 on the ice, did not score any effective actions, but received a “+2” in the utility column.
Carolina’s Russian forward Andrei Svechnikov scored off an assist at 14:54.
Tampa after 21 matches scored 25 points and rose to fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings. “Carolina” with 22 points after 19 matches is eighth in the East.
Source: Sport
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