Attack Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Koucherov clearly came in 10th place in the number of assists among Russians in the entire history of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Tampa Bay lost at home on Thursday Pittsburgh Penguins (2:4) in the NHL regular season game. Kucherov scored 2 (0+2) points in this meeting, bringing the number of assists in his championship career to 477. According to this indicator, he surpassed former Detroit forward Igor Larionov (475), with whom he previously shared 10th place. .
The top 3 Russian assistants include Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin (672), former Detroit forward Sergei Fedorov (696) and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin (768).
This season, 30-year-old Kucherov played 23 matches in the regular season and scored 39 (15+24) points. The Lightning are eighth in the Eastern Conference standings with 25 points.
Source : MatchTV
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