Nikita Kucherov keeps Nikita Kucherov’ing. The Tampa Bay Lightning forward capped off another multi-point night as he scored at the 3:23 mark of overtime to give the Lightning a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild. Kucherov’s goal was the third power play tally of the night and extended the Bolts winning streak to three games. It was also the tenth overtime goal of his career, which ties him with Marty St. Louis for third-most in franchise history. Only Brayden Point (12) and Steven Stamkos (13) have more. One more Kucherov fact, he cracked 100 points for the 2026 calendar year. He joins Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby as the only active players to hit the century mark in eight or more calendar years. Not too shabby.
We’re going to let the video tell the story of tonight’s game. Your friendly neighborhood editor and recapper missed this one due to a last-minute fishing trip. We’ll have more thoughts tomorrow morning after watching the replay of the game. Based on what we’ve read about the game, the Lightning did a good job of sticking with the game plan and finding a way to tie things up after being down 2-0 and 3-1. An uncharacteristically poor performance by the Wild penalty kill he...