TAMPA -- Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game with 55 seconds left in the third period to lift the Tampa Bay ...

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 ...

Tampa Bay got the game-tying goal with 4:33 left after Nikita Kucherov one-timed a faceoff win from the left circle which sliced over Knight’s glove. No chance on that. This may be the final time we ...

Geekie dropped his stick and his gloves at the red line and chased Davies down to the circles to force a fight. After Davies’ hit on Hedman, Nikita Kucherov immediately dragged Davies to the ...

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.

Nikita Kucherov quickly defended his captain during ... After stepping on the ice, Geekie skated at Davies and immediately dropped the gloves. Geekie was given two-minute cross-checking, two ...

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 ...