Kucherov became the sixth Russian in NHL history with 600 goal assists

Hockey player "Tampa Bay Lightning" Nikita Kucherov became the sixth Russian in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), who reached the mark of 600 goal assists.

Thus, in the match against the Detroit Red Wings, which took place on January 18 and ended with a score of 5-1 in favor of Tampa Bay, the Russian forward noted a goal and two assists. Thus, he was able to reach the mark of 600 goal assists in his career. It took him 767 games to reach this result.

Before Nikita Kucherov, this milestone was reached by Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin, Sergei Fedorov, Sergei Zubov and Pavel Datsyuk. Kucherov also became the second player in the history of "Tampa" to achieve this achievement, writes "Sport-Express".

Earlier, January 18, the goalie of the National Hockey League (NHL) club "Pittsburgh Penguins" Alex Nedeljkovic became the first goalie in the history of the championship, who managed to score a puck and give a goal in one game.