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Nikita Kucherov
Nikita Igorevich Kucherov (born 17 June 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). 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.[1] 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 hold the record for most points by a Russian-born player in a single season (128), as well as the Tampa Bay Lightning playoff record for most points,…