Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, right, and head coach Jon Cooper take an up-close look at the Ted Lindsay Award Monday at TGH Ice Plex in Brandon. The trophy is awarded to the NHL's top player ...

Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning competes in the Scotiabank NHL Passing Challenge during the 2024 NHL All-Star skills competition at Scotiabank Arena Feb. 2, 2024, in Toronto.

Nikita Kucherov was booed by the Toronto crowd in the competition. NHLI via Getty Images “You sit there for like three hours and then you get to go stick-handle,” Kucherov said, per the ...

TAMPA — Nikita Kucherov is a man of few words. And after outshining Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon in a game featuring the NHL’s two leading scorers, Kucherov flatly stated that he drew no ...

Kucherov has 34 points in 30 games this season (10 goals), a plus-4. His ice time has been down a minute and a half this season from his 128-point campaign a year ago (from 19:58 to 18:33).

NHL99: Nikita Kucherov is an on-ice artist with a library of skill, borrowed from many “I don’t have the shot like (Auston) Matthews. I don’t have Connor McDavid’s speed.