Russian forward “Tampa” Kucherov was recognized as the third star of the match with “Toronto”
The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL). This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent.
The meeting ended in overtime with a score of 6:5. For Tampa, Russian forward Nikita Kucherov scored a double. He also has two assists.
Kucherov was recognized as the third star of the match. The forward became the sixth player of the club who managed to score four points in one period.
Previously, Kucherov was included in the top 10 best active NHL players according to the NHL Network. “He scored 100 points in a season for the third time in his career. This is the only Tampa player who has more than one such season,” noted the compilers of the rating and put the Russian in eighth place.
Kucherov has been playing for Tampa since 2013. He won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2020 and 2021. He has reached the 100-point mark in a season three times in his career: 2018, 2019 and 2023.
Source: Lenta
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