(AP) — Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel each had ... Cam Talbot allowed five goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Alex Lyon to start the third period. Lyon finished with six saves.

Alex Ovechkin continued his pursuit of Wayne ... and had an assist to help host Tampa Bay post its season-high fifth straight win. Nikita Kucherov and Luke Glendening scored 1:43 apart in the ...

Michael Rasmussen was shaken up but avoided injury after being tripped by Nikita Kucherov while depositing ... McLellan said Alex Lyon will start in goal and Compher is expected to return to ...

Hellebuyck also won the Vezina Trophy, which goes to the league’s top goaltender by a vote of the league’s general managers, ...

Reigning NHL MVP Nikita Kucherov remains out of the lineup after absorbing a devastating hit from the St. Louis Blues’ Brayden Schenn in Tuesday's game. Kucherov had just passed the puck when ...

Lightning star winger Nikita Kucherov, sitting at 98 points for the season, was just two points away from reaching the 100-point milestone for the fifth time in his career. He first had the ...

Tampa Bay Lightning sensation Nikita Kucherov, the National Hockey League's top goal scorer, ended his 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs campaign with zero goals and a record 15-game playoff slump.

Hagens & the Argument to Bet on Him It’s hard to compare anyone to Nikita Kucherov, a Hart Trophy winner with five 100-point seasons who is one of the best players in the game. He’s one of the ...

Kucherov likely would be the first to say the past three playoff series haven’t been his best. He hasn’t scored a goal in the 15 postseason games dating to Game 1 of the Lightning’s first ...

The National Hockey League announced Thursday that Edmonton Oilers’ forward Leon Draisaitl, Winnipeg Jets’ goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov were ...