Posts About "Nikita Kucherov"
Parise, Suter Score as Wild Beat Lightning 3-2 to Snap Skid
January 16th, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Zach Parise scored his team-leading 17th goal and Ryan Suter added his seventh as the Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Thursday to snap a four-game losing streak. Parise has three goals in the past two games. Joel Er...
NHLers by Country: On Top of Their Game and the World
January 11th, 2020 It may be called the National Hockey League, but it sure feels more like it could be an international one. Of course, the now-defunct International Hockey League was in operation for decades, but as a North American farm league for NHL teams. There’s nothing purely North American about the NHL, not any longer anyway, not based on a...
Kucherov Scores 2, Lightning Top Coyotes 4-0 for 9th in Row
January 10th, 2020 TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov had two goals, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-0 Thursday night for their ninth consecutive victory. Alex Killorn and Mikhail Sergachev also scored for the Lightning, who are one win from tying the franchise record of 10 straight set in February...
NHL's Top 5 Right Wingers of the Decade
January 3rd, 2020 In a sport where scoring is king, the 2010s can be defined by the prowess of some of the best forwards to play the game. As the decade comes to a close, let's look back at some of the NHL's best right-wing forwards who dominated the decade. By all accounts, Jakub Voracek has been one of the best right wingers of the decade. He just...
Lightning All-Decade Team: Offense
December 22nd, 2019 Throughout their early history, the Tampa Bay Lightning found success as an offensively driven team. Even when their defense and goaltending struggled with consistency, the Lightning could put enough points on the board to, at the least, keep games close. The 2010s were no different, as the Lightning assembled one of the most...
Lightning Respond to Kucherov Benching
December 20th, 2019 In the Tampa Bay Lightning's 4-3 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night, Nikita Kucherov did not play most of the third period. He hurt his foot blocking a shot against the Washington Capitals on Saturday, but that had nothing to do with it. Instead, head coach Jon Cooper decided Kucherov needed to pay for a costly...
