Athletistic / Hockey. That night, Kucherova’s Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Ottawa Senators at home. Nikita once again stood out by scoring points.
The main time of the match between “Tampa” and “Ottawa” ended in a draw – 2:2. It was also not possible to determine the winner in overtime. The Senators were stronger in shootouts. The final score is 3:2 in favor of Ottawa.
Russian striker Nikita Kucherov scored two assists in this match. Thus, he enters the TOP 25 best hockey players in the history of the NHL in terms of points scored in a season.
After this match, Kucherov’s account began to count 141 (43+98) points. Nikita shares 25th place in the TOP with Canadian Mario Lemieux, who scored exactly the same number of points in the 1985/86 season. The record for this peak belongs to Wayne Gretzky, who scored 215 points in the same season.
Source: Sport
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