Tampa forward Nikita Koucherov The fastest Russian player in NHL history to score 90 points in one season, the league press service reports.
On Tuesday, the Russian forward scored a goal in the NHL regular season game against Boston; his team won in a shootout – 3:2.
The 30-year-old Russian has 90 points (34 goals + 56 assists) in 53 games. he leads the league’s top scorers this season.
Kucherov became the third NHL player in the 21st century to score his 90th point in a season in fewer than 55 games. Previously, such an achievement was counted as an asset Sydney Crosby (54 matches, 2006/07 season, Pittsburgh) and Connor McDavid (50, season 2020/21 and -2022/23, Edmonton).
Over the past 30 years, we also met during this period Mario Lemieux (34 matches in the 1995/96 season and 53 matches in the 1996/97 season), Jaromir Jagr (46, 1995/96) and Wayne Gretzky (51, 1993/94).
The record for this indicator in the history of the league also belongs to Gretzky: in the 1984/85 season he needed only 31 matches.
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