Athletistic / Hockey. Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov spoke about the Lightning’s victory in the NHL regular season game against the Toronto Maple Leafs (4:1). The 30-year-old Russian scored three assists in this meeting.
“I don’t consider this season the best of my career. I think I can still play a lot better, and a lot of guys on our team can be a lot better. Hopefully in the playoffs we’ll be even better. a team,” says Kucherov, press service of “Tampa.”
After the game against Toronto, Nikita Kucherov has 130 (42+88) points in the goal+pass system and is currently the top scorer of the season in the NHL. It should be noted that Kucherov set a new national record for points scored in a regular season. Previously, the best result among Russian hockey players belonged to him – in the 2018/2019 season Nikita scored 128 points.
Source: Sport

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