The Russian attackerTampa Bay Lightning » Nikita Koucherov became the first forward in the history of the club who managed to score six points in a single NHL game, the league press service reports.
On Friday, Tampa beatCaroline “in the NHL regular season match with a score of 8:2. Kucherov scored two goals and made four assists. In addition, the Russian played the most productive match of the season among all players in the league.
Before Kucherov, Canadian defenseman Doug Crossman scored 6 points in a single game for the Lightning. On November 7, 1992, in a game against the New York Islanders, Crossman scored a hat-trick and also recorded three assists. The all-time NHL record for goals scored in a game belongs to Toronto forward Darryl Sittler, who had 10 points (6+4) in a game against Boston on February 7, 1976.
Kucherov also posted the second best result in NHL history for this indicator among Russian players. Only Sergei Makarov scored more points in a meeting as a member of Calgary: on February 25, 1990, the Flames forward scored 7 (2+5) points in a game with the Edmonton Oilers .
Kucherov leads NHL scoring race; the 30-year-old hockey player has 35 (15+20) points in 20 games.
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