Our updated fantasy hockey rankings sees movement in the top 250, with Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews battling for the top spot.
Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov joined teammate Victor Hedman in an exclusive club during Saturday's win over the Detroit Red Wings.
How do you stop one of the greatest players of his generation? That’s what the Toronto Maple Leafs need to figure out against Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov on Monday night.
Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Nikita Kucherov is facing a barrage of criticism on Sunday after a dirty play on Saturday night that left another player injured. Kucherov and the Lightning faced off against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday and it would be Kucherov’s actions in the final seconds of that game that would
Kucherov danced his way to the right faceoff dot, pulling a Detroit defender toward him before cutting back to the right center hashmark. Kucherov shelved his shot into the top right corner of the Detroit net for his 21 st goal of the season.
The Lightning right wing scores a highlight-reel goal and becomes the second player in team history to claim 600 assists.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and two assists, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Saturday night. Darren Raddysh had a goal and an assist as Tampa Bay won for the third time in four games. Brayden Point and Mitchell Chaffee also scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 39 saves. Lucas...
Nikita Kucherov capped a three-point outing with a power-play goal 58 seconds into overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday.
Cam Talbot made 28 saves and the host Detroit Red Wings handed the Tampa Bay Lightning their first shutout loss of the season, 2-0, on Saturday.
Tampa Bay does everything but score against Detroit and has nothing to show for it in another loss to a division opponent.
The immediate status report on Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen is that his departure from Saturday's game looked worse that it was.