Kyle Connor didn’t want to get into whether the hit from Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov, which led to quite the shiner below one eye, was dirty. The Winnipeg Jets’ leading scorer did a bit of ...

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning ... Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning, D5 20. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW5 21. Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators, LW6 22. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres ...

Nikita Kucherov scored a hat trick in the final nine minutes and the Tampa Bay Lightning posted a 4-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes in the season opener for both teams Friday night in ...

The Winnipeg Jets are one of the best teams in the NHL this season, and their offense is being led by scoring winger Kyle Connor ... Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov.

The Lightning right wing scores a highlight-reel goal and becomes the second player in team history to claim 600 assists.

Nine players scored 100-plus points last season with Nikita Kucherov (144 points ... the 126 players who have completed this feat. Kyle Connor has been one of the league’s most prolific scorers ...

Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning ... Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks, C9 26. Kyle Connor, Winnipeg Jets, LW6 27. Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo Sabres, D7 28. William Nylander, Toronto Maple ...

Connor Hellebuyck will surely start getting some additional rest later in the season, so the race at the top right now is between Nikita Kucherov and Nathan MacKinnon. This one comes down to games ...