Athletistic/Hockey. On the night of April 28 (Moscow time), the fourth game of the second round of the NHL playoffs took place between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers. The match ended with a victory for the Lightning with a score of 6:3. Tampa forward Nikita Kucherov had three assists, bringing his total to 113 career postseason assists.

Thus, Kucherov rose to second place among Russian players in the number of assists during the NHL playoffs, tying Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin. The leader of this ranking remains Sergei Fedorov with 124 assists. This result is also the second among all active players. Kucherov is second behind Sidney Crosby, who has 130 assists.

  • Kucherov moved to 2nd place in NHL points per season among active players



Athletistic