Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Koucherov became the first star of the last game week in the NHL, the league’s press service reports.
In four matches, the Russian striker made 9 assists and also scored 1 goal. Kucherov continues to lead the season scoring race with 136 (43+93) points.
Pittsburgh captain named second star of the week Sydney Crosby . The Canadian forward scored 6 (5+1) points in four games.
The third star was the Russian Rangers forward Artemy Panarin . As part of the New York team, he scored 8 (2+6) points in four matches. Last week, Panarin broke the personal bests of compatriots Alexander Ovechkin (112) and Evgeni Malkin (113), scoring 115 points for the NHL season.
Source : MatchTV
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