Tampa Bay Lightning earned a strong victory over the Edmonton Oilers with a score of 6:4 in the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).
In the ninth minute, Tampa lost 0:2 (goals by Derek Ryan and James Hamblin). Even before the break, Russian striker Nikita Kucherov pulled a goal back. He scored a double point in the second period.
The teams then scored twice and Luke Glendening put his team ahead with 10 minutes left in the match. In the last minute, Mikhail Sergachev determined the final score.
In this NHL season, Nikita Kucherov played in 17 matches of his team, recording 13 goals and 14 assists. The Russian player is at the top of the list of the best players in the league in the goal + pass system. In second place is JT Miller from Vancouver with 10+17. Elias Pettersson (8+19), another representative of Vancouver, completed the top three.
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).
Former Russian hockey player logged in He’s among the starters for the game between Tampa and Chicago.