Tampa forward Nikita Kucherov scored twice and made an assist. The Russian scored the decisive goal in overtime and was recognized as the first star of the match. This season, Kucherov has 47 points with 19 goals and 28 assists in 28 games.
Thus, these goals allowed the Russian to take first place in the list of snipers of the current NHL season. Kucherov leads Vancouver’s Brock Boeser and Toronto’s Auston Matthews, who each have 18 goals.
Kucherov also leads the season scoring race, topping Boston’s David Pastrnak and Vancouver’s JT Miller by eight points.
- Kucherov has caught up with Bure and Draisaitl in terms of number of multi-point games in the NHL
Source: Sport
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