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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — 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 ...

Carolina Hurricanes (24-14-2 ... The Lightning won the previous matchup 4-1. Nikita Kucherov scored three goals in the victory. TOP PERFORMERS: Brayden Point has 23 goals and 22 assists for ...

The Carolina Hurricanes erased two separate one-goal ... and Point finished a Nikita Kucherov feed in the final minute of regulation to give Tampa its third and final lead of the night.

The first time these two teams met, which was also the season-opener, the Lightning left Carolina with a 4-1 win. Nikita Kucherov tallied a third-period hat trick to push his team across the ...

Entering the final minute of Tuesday night’s game against Carolina ... when Point slipped between two Hurricanes defenders into the slot, where Nikita Kucherov found him in the final minute ...

Off a fine feed from Nikita Kucherov, Point caught the puck slashing ... assists as the Lightning recorded their second win over Carolina to win the season series. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy ...

Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina. Pytor Kochetkov finished with 31 saves. Nikita Kucherov found Point ... Kochetkov on the winning goal. Hurricanes: Defenseman Brent Burns ...

The New York Rangers finish the month of January and a four-game homestand on Tuesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes ...

Andrei Svechnikov and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina. Pytor Kochetkov finished with 31 saves. Nikita Kucherov found Point ... Kochetkov on the winning goal. Hurricanes: Defenseman Brent Burns ...