Club forward “Tampa Bay Lightning » Nikita Koucherov completed two scoring passes in the NHL regular season game with “Ottawa ” and became the first Russian to score 140 points in one season.
After the first period of the match in Tampa, the Lightning led with a score of 2:1.
Nikita Kucherov recorded his 97th and 98th assists of the season. Kucherov now has 141 points (43 goals and 98 assists) this season. The Russian still leads the race for scorers.
No Russian had ever scored 140 points in a previous season.
Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Connor McDavid, Phil Esposito, Bernie Nicholls, Jaromir Jagr, Pat LaFontaine, Mike Bossy, Adam Oates and Kucherov have scored 140 or more points per season in the NHL.
Source : MatchTV
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