Boston allowed 3.30 goals per game, ranking 26th in the NHL. The season prior, its defense was one of the League’s best, ...

Becoming an NHL franchise’s active leader in goal-scoring often takes a ton of talent, consistency, loyalty and longevity.

Even if you give Kucherov a bit of a break for earning only $9.5 million per season, that’s still a lot of money you’re giving to a player who has put up a combined 111 goals in the past three ...

Kucherov, 31, won his second straight Art Ross Trophy after leading the NHL in scoring with 121 points (37 goals, 84 assists). He also led the league in power-play points with 46 (eight goals, 38 ...

It’s not as if Kucherov has always struggled in postseason situations. He led the NHL in points in both the 2020 and 2021 playoffs, and had 21 goals in 43 games as far back as the 2015 and 2016 ...

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mitchell Chaffee is coming off a solid 2024-25 season, setting career highs in NHL games played (66), goals (12), assists (6), and points (18).

In total, Kucherov recorded at least a point in 65 out of the 78 regular-season games he played in. A WILD stat: in his 3 Art Ross seasons, Nikita Kucherov has scored 0 playoff goals.

TAMPA — For the second straight season, Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov led the league in scoring. And for the second straight season, it wasn’t enough to win the Hart Trophy as the ...