The Tampa Bay Lightning are on the verge of losing their fourth straight playoff series. Nikita Kucherov’s performance — specifically his inability to score goals — is a big reason for that.

Or maybe you just blame Nikita Kucherov. That’s what often happens this time of year, you know. Everyone whispers that a team’s stars need to play like stars in big games. And, for a very long ...

A massive reason the Lightning were eliminated was the play of superstar forward Nikita Kucherov. The regular season's most productive forward fell silent in the Battle of Florida, failing to ...

TAMPA — It might be easy to put the blame on Nikita Kucherov for the Lightning’s third straight first-round playoff exit, but just know that he’s taking it harder than you. And don’t ...