In the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season game, Tampa Bay hosts Buffalo. At the start of the second period, Lightning forward Steven Stamkos equalized the score (1:1). Nikita Kucherov acted as the Canadian’s assistant in this episode. The assist was the Russian striker’s 99th assist this season. In total, he now has 142 points in the goal+pass system, which is the best figure of the season.
In the entire history of the NHL, only three hockey players have managed to reach 100 assists in a season: Wayne Gretzky (11 times), Mario Lemieux and Bobby Ohr (once each).
Source : MatchTV
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