In the regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL) on January 26, the Tampa Bay Lightning won a crushing victory against the Arizona Coyotes with a score of 6:3.
Yıldırım opened the scoring in the 24th second of the match (Darren Reddish). Brayden Point, Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos, Mitchell Chaffee and Luke Glendening also scored in this match.
The main character among the winners was Russian striker Nikita Kucherov. The Russian player recorded two assists and one goal in this match. This helped him take first place in the NHL scoring race once again. The Russian football player scored 32 goals and 51 assists in 48 matches this season. In second place on the best list is Colorado forward Nathan MacKinnon with 82 points (30+52). David Pastrnak from Boston is in the top three with 67 points (30+37).
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 reportedKucherov rose to ninth place on the list of the best Russian scorers in NHL history.