The fight for the title of top scorer of the NHL regular season between Nikita Koucherov (“Tampa Bay”) and Nathan McKinnon (“Colorado”) looks exciting and like a chase Alexandra Ovechkina (Washington) behind Wayne Gretzky’s record, the USSR champion in Spartak told Fedor Kanareikin .
On Wednesday, Tampa Bay beat Vegas (5:3), Kucherov scored 4 (1+3) points. The Russian forward collected 118 points (41+77) this season and took first place in the NHL scoring race by beating McKinnon (117). Ovechkin has scored 843 goals in his NHL career and is 51 goals shy of Gretzky’s record.
— Nikita is a big star in the NHL, he has great talent. He performs at a high level every year and leads the team to Stanley Cup victories. He and McKinnon are constantly switching roles in the scoring race, and it’s a very exciting competition. I wish him to be first in this race.
— Is his confrontation with McKinnon somewhat reminiscent of Ovechkin’s in absentia battle with Gretzky?
– Yes. We support Kucherov in the regular season and Ovechkin in history,” Kanareikin told .
Source : MatchTV
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