In the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL), Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the Vegas Golden Knights and achieved a decisive victory with a score of 5:4.
The guest team finished the first period ahead 2-0 with goals from Jonathan Marchessault and Russian Ivan Barbashev. In the second period, the home team sent 4 goals to the opponent’s goal. Alex Barre-Boulet, Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point (double) scored. In addition to scoring the puck, the Russian also recorded two assists.
Five minutes into the third period, Vegas players managed to tie the score (Jonathan Marchessault and Paul Cotter), and in the 59th minute, Nick Paul gave Tampa the victory.
In this NHL season, Nikita Kucherov played in 33 games for his team, recording 23 goals and 34 assists. The Russian player is the leader in the league’s best players in the goal+pass system. The second is Nathan MacKinnon (16+34) from Colorado, and the third is TJ Miller (15+30) from Vancouver. Russian Artemy Panarin is in the top 10 and ranks sixth (17+25).
Ovechkin before interrupted Goalless streak in the NHL.