Nikita Kucherov

About Nikita Kucherov

NHL winger who made his NHL debut with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2013. He won the NHL's Hart Trophy, given to the league's MVP, in 2019.

Nikita Igorevich Kucherov is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. Regarded as one of the NHL's top offensive performers, Kucherov won the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer, the Ted Lindsay Award as the best player voted by fellow NHL players, and the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player to his team for the 2018–19 season. Kucherov won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Lightning in 2020, leading the league in both assists and points during the playoffs. Kucherov holds the record for most points by a Russian-born player in a single season, as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning playoff record for most points, goals and assists.

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Trivia

On November 25, 2013, he became the seventh player in Lightning history to score a goal in his first NHL game. The goal came on his first shot and on his first shift.

Nikita Kucherov before fame

When the Lightning selected him 58th overall in the 2011 NHL Draft, he was playing for CSKA Moscow of the Russian Continental Hockey League.

Achievement of Nikita Kucherov

He became the seventh player in Lightning history to score a goal in his first NHL game on November 25, 2013. On his first shot and on his first shift, he scored.

Salary 2020

5.55u00a0million USD (2019)

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Nikita Kucherov family life

He was born in the Russian town of Maykop.

Associations of Nikita Kucherov

During the 2014-15 season, he and linemate Tyler Johnson lead the Lightning in assists.

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