Kucherov became one of the top five Russian NHL scorers

Nikita Kucherov, the Russian forward of the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey club (HC), helped his team increase its advantage in the away match of the National Hockey League (NHL) regular season against the Canadian team Montreal Canadiens, Sport-Express reported on December 10.

After the first period, the Tampa Bay Lightning led 3-0, and Kucherov scored the puck in the 18th minute.

For the 32-year-old Russian, this goal was the 13th of the season, now he has 35 (13+22) points in 27 games. In total, Kucherov scored 1,030 (370 goals and 660 assists) points in less than 830 games during his career, which allowed him to rise to fifth place among Russian scorers in NHL history, surpassing Alexei Kovalev, who finished his career with 1,029 points in 1,316 games.

In addition, Kucherov scored an assist in this game. Alexander Ovechkin (1,652 points), Evgeni Malkin (1,375) and Sergey Fedorov (1,179) remain the leaders among Russian scorers, with Alexander Mogilny in fourth place (1,032 points).

Earlier, on December 3, it was reported that HC Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the New York Islanders in the NHL regular season match. The game ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the New York team. Tampa's Russian forward Nikita Kucherov scored one shot on target during the match and blocked one of his opponent's shots, but could not distinguish himself with effective actions.

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