He also was the fastest to do so among players selected after the first round in the NHL Draft since Pavel Bure (619) on Dec. He was the fourth Lightning skater to achieve the mark and required the fewest games in team history, besting Steven Stamkos (696). Kucherov reached the 700-point milestone in his 621st NHL game with a goal and an assist in a 7-3 loss at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb.
He and Lightning center Brayden Point, and Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) are the only teammates to lead the playoffs in points and goals in consecutive postseasons. He led the playoffs in points (32) with 19 of them coming on the power play to become the sixth player to lead the postseason in scoring without a tie in consecutive seasons, the first since Mario Lemieux (1991-92). He led all players in scoring during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs with 34 points (seven goals, 27 assists), helping the Lightning win their first championship since 2004.Īfter missing the entire 2020-21 regular season recovering from hip surgery, Kucherov returned to score 32 points (eight goals, 24 assists) in 23 playoff games to help the Lightning win a second straight Stanley Cup title. But those were just a prelude to 2018-19, when he led the NHL with 128 points (41 goals, 87 assists), setting a single-season record for points by a player born in Russia. He had his first 30-goal season in 2015-16, bumped that up to 40 goals in 2016-17, then finished third in the NHL in scoring in 2017-18 with 100 points (39 goals, 61 assists), helping the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Atlantic Division. Kucherov has become one of the most dangerous offensive players in the NHL.
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