Athletistic/Hockey. Last night, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins (3:1) at home in another NHL regular season game. Nikita Kucherov contributed enormously to this Lightning success.
The 30-year-old Russian scored two points for his performance in this match – he scored a goal and made an assist. After 26 starting matches of the season, he totaled 44 (17+27) points in the “goal+pass” system. This indicator is the best among all NHL wingers of the 21st century.
It is noteworthy that in the match against the Penguins, Kucherov also broke the Tampa record, managing to record an assist in the 11th game in a row. He also took 7th place among Russians in points in the NHL regular season and playoffs.
Tampa has scored 29 points in 27 games and is in sixth place in the NHL Eastern Conference standings.
Source: Sport
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