Jordan Staal opened the scoring with a goal for the Hurricanes, who had trouble generating sustained offense for large chunks of the game. Frederik Andersen stopped 19 shots in Carolina's nets.

Nikita Kucherov had a third-period hat trick to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Friday night's season opener for both teams.

Tampa Bay's Brayden Point sends a wrist shot into the net off an assist from Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman.

Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Ted Lindsay award as the NHL’s most outstanding player as chosen by his peers. The NHL Players' Association announced the honor Wednesday ...

The Lightning dominated the pace of play early, but after falling behind on Jordan Staal’s goal 14:32 into the game, Carolina took control.

TAMPA — Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night. Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nick Perbix ...

Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov, pictured during an Oct. 24 game against the Minnesota Wild in Tampa, left Tuesday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes late in the second period.

A shirtless Nikita Kucherov didn't hold back as he touched on a number of topics after the Lightning beat the Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup again.

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Jordan Staal opened the scoring with a goal for the Hurricanes, who had trouble generating sustained offense for large chunks of the game. Frederik Andersen stopped 19 shots in Carolina's nets.

Nikita Kucherov had a third-period hat trick to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 in Friday night's season opener for both teams. Kucherov beat goaltender Frederick ...