Athletistic/Hockey. The Tampa Bay Lightning left no stone unturned against the Carolina Hurricanes defense in last night’s NHL regular season road game, winning with a score of 8:2. The most productive player of the match was Russian striker Nikita Kucherov.
Kucherov played the best game of his NHL career in terms of performance, scoring 6 (2+4) points in a single game for the first time. The 30-year-old Russian surpassed his compatriot Alexei Zhamnov in the list of the best Russian assistants in the NHL. Nikita now has 473 assists in 664 matches. And the current head coach of Spartak Moscow, Zhamnov, scored 719 (249+470) points in 807 matches in the North American League.
Nikita Kucherov has scored 35 (15+20) points using the goal+pass system in 20 matches this season. He is now the top scorer in the championship.
Source: Sport
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