In the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL), Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Ottawa Senators on the road with a score of 6:4.
The home team opened the scoring in the first period. Brady Tkachuk scored. Even before the break, Victor Hedman helped his team equalize the score. One of the assistants was Russian Nikita Kucherov. Kucherov then had assists on Brayden Point (three times) and Mikey Eissimont. At the end of the meeting, the Russian striker scored the goal himself.
The Russian player played in 11 matches with his team this season and scored 7 goals and 9 assists. Thanks to his five points in the match against Ottawa, Kucherov entered the top ten players of the regular season in the goal + pass system, placing him in seventh place.
Kucherov finished fourth (30+82) in the NHL regular season last season, behind David Pastrnak (113 points), Leon Draisaitl (129 points) and Connor McDavid (153 points).
Previously reportedHe said Panarin extended his scoring streak to 11 games.