Tampa Bay Lightning’s Russian forward Nikita Kucherov became the second contender for the Hart Trophy, the individual award given to a hockey player who made the greatest contribution to the success of his team in the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Information about this appeared at: official website Leagues.
The main contender for the cup after three quarters of the season was Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon.
On the night of March 15, Tampa beat the New York Rangers with a score of 6:3 as part of the NHL regular season. In this match, Kucherov scored 5 points, made 4 assists and personally hit his opponent’s goal once.
On February 26, Kucherov repeated the NHL record for number of seasons among Russian players with more than 100 points, which belongs only to Washington player Alexander Ovechkin. Ovechkin and Kucherov each have four seasons with this indicator.
Tampa sits sixth in the Eastern Conference standings with 76 points. Rangers are in third place with 90 points.
Previously Kucherov repeated Bobby Hull’s success.