Kucherov has missed only a handful of games due to injury over his seven seasons. The Tampa Bay Lightning got a bit of a scare Tuesday when Nikita Kucherov left the ice in the first period of Tuesday’s pre-season matchup against the Florida Panthers. After dominating the National Hockey League for nearly the entire 2018 - 2019 NHL regular season the Tampa Bay Lightning have struggled in the 2019 - 2020 NHL regular season by comparison.
That assist extended his points streak to 12 games, and he now has 70 on the season. Tampa Bay leading scorer Nikita Kucherov left the Lightning's Tuesday road game against the Pittsburgh Penguins with an unspecified injury.
Kucherov, last season's Hart Trophy winner as the league's regular-season MVP, had an assist on three shots in 15 shifts before the injury.
In early 2018, Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express wrote a fantastic piece about Nikita Kucherov’s life story—from the very, very beginning.
This is not the first time Kucherov has been forced to miss time due to injury in the 2019-20 season. Lightning lose Kucherov to injury.
Stamkos has missed, uh, more. Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks Thursday due to his upper-body injury. Share on Facebook. […] The post Lightning Need Stamkos Like a … Kucherov blocked a shot by Capitals defenseman John Carlson and didn’t return to Saturday’s game, a 5-2 loss for the Lightning. Nikita Kucherov injured on Saturday night. According to Joe Burns of the Athletic, he was pulled for precautionary reasons. Kucherov collided with Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson behind the Pittsburgh net in the final minute of the second period. We’ll be bringing it … Kucherov did not come out for the
Nikita Kucherov Injury Not Considered Serious Kuherov left Tuesday’s game vs Florida Panthers in the first period with a lower-body injury and didn’t return.