The Tampa Bay Lightning rolled to a 6-4 NHL victory over the Edmonton Oilers in a high scoring regular season game.
Early on the Oilers jumped out to a 2 0 lead in the ninth minute with goals from Derek Ryan and James Hamblin. Before the period ended, Nikita Kucherov answered with a strike for Tampa Bay, setting the stage for a dramatic middle frame where he added another point on the board.
As the teams traded goals, Tampa Bay found momentum. Luke Glendening delivered a pivotal score with ten minutes remaining to put his team in front, and Mikhail Sergachev closed the scoring with a late tally in the final minute.
Across the current NHL season, Nikita Kucherov has appeared in 17 games for Tampa Bay, delivering 13 goals and 14 assists. His output places him among the league’s most productive players in the combined goals and assists metric. Vancouver’s JT Miller sits second with 10 goals and 17 assists, followed by Elias Pettersson, also from Vancouver, with 8 goals and 19 assists.
In the previous regular season, Kucherov finished fourth with 30 goals and 82 assists, trailing David Pastrnak’s 113 points, Leon Draisaitl’s 129 points, and Connor McDavid’s 153 points.
Additionally, a former Russian player was part of the starting lineup in the tilt between Tampa Bay and Chicago, highlighting the ongoing mix of international talent across the NHL rosters.