Nikita Kucherov scored his fourth goal in as many periods to kickstart ... timer slap-shot from the right faceoff circle to ...

Nick Paul won a faceoff on the power play before Kucherov tapped the puck back to Hedman, who returned the puck to Kucherov ...

Kucherov beat Hurricane goaltender Frederick Andersen for the go-ahead power-play goal 11:06 into the third with a low ...

Nikita Kucherov scored a third-period hat trick to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Friday ...

Nikita Kucherov had a third-period hat trick to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Friday night's season-opener for both teams.

Nikita Kucherov had a third-period hat trick to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in the season ...

The hit drew the ire of Hedman's teammate Nikita Kucherov, who instantly dropped the gloves and went after Davies. Lightning beat writer Diandra Loux shared a clip of the hit on her X account.

It was a clean hit, but the Lightning took acceptation to the play. Nikita Kucherov immediately threw his gloves off and grabbed Davies, trying to instigate a fight. Kucherov was given a two ...

The Boston Bruins have just claimed goaltender Jiri Patera off waivers, further sounding the alarm bells that Jeremy Swayman's time there could be over. The Boston Bruins add some important pieces to ...

Buffalo Sabres netminder Chad Johnson made a ridiculous, diving save to rob Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov ... reached out and snagged Kucherov's shot with his glove: The stop helped ...