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 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 ...

Roughly 47 seconds after Tampa Bay tied it at 4-4, Kyle Connor carried the puck around ... a franchise-best 11-1-0 start to the season. Nikita Kucherov had a goal with an assist for Tampa Bay ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...