Athletistic/Hockey. Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov scored two assists last night in the NHL regular season game against the Pittsburgh Penguins (2:4). This helped him reach 10th place in the number of assists among Russians in the entire history of the North American League.
Kucherov now has 477 assists in the NHL. According to this indicator, the 30-year-old Russian surpassed the legendary Detroit Red Wings forward Igor Larionov (475), with whom he previously shared 10th place in the ranking.
Russia’s top three passers include current Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin (672), another former Detroit forward Sergei Fedorov (696) and Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin (768).
This season, in 23 NHL regular season games, Nikita Kucherov has scored 39 (15+24) points in the goal+assist system and leads the league scoring race.
Source: Sport
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