2023-12-07 06:39:31
Tampa Bay beat Pittsburgh at home (3:1) in a match of the NHL regular season.
Source: Archyde.com
The second star of the match was Tampa forward Nikita Kucherov. In the first period, the 30-year-old Russian scored an assist on Anthony Cirelli, and in the second period of the game he scored the goal himself. Kucherov made both effective actions while playing in the power play.
The first star of the match was Tampa goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky, who repelled 24 of 25 shots on his own goal. In the last minute of the match, the Russian missed the chance to force a shutout, losing the puck behind his goal, following which Pittsburgh forward Jake Guentzel scored a goal.
Hockey
Tampa Bay – Pittsburgh
Kucherov extended his NHL scoring streak to 11 games and set a Tampa record for longest assist streak. The club’s previous record holders were Canadians Brad Richards (2005-06) and Martin Saint-Louis (2006-07, 2009-10), who had streaks of 10 games with assists.
In addition, Kucherov continues to lead the list of top scorers in the NHL, having 44 points (17+27) following 26 matches. At this point in the season, this is the best result in the NHL in the 21st century among wingers.
Tampa moved up to sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Next night the Lightning will play away once morest Nashville.
Other game day results
“Florida” beat “Dallas” (5:4) at home in a productive match. Dallas forward Evgeniy Dadonov scored a goal in this match. Florida goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 of 33 shots on his own goal and won his 12th victory of the season.
Hockey
Florida – Dallas
Vegas beat St. Louis on the road (6:3). Vegas forward Ivan Barbashev scored two assists in the second period.
Edmonton defeated Carolina at home (6:1). Carolina goalkeeper Petr Kochetkov missed two goals in the first 40 seconds of the match. In the sixth minute of the match, the 24-year-old Russian missed the third goal and was forced to give way to Finnish goalkeeper Antti Raanta.
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