Kucherov's Four Points Power Lightning Past Flyers 7-2 for Ninth Straight Win
Nikita Kucherov had two goals and two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-2 on Saturday for their ninth straight win.
Nikita Kucherov scored twice and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning won their ninth straight game, 7-2 over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Kucherov Stays Red Hot
Kucherov has 23 points (nine goals, 14 assists) during a nine-game point streak, with eight straight multipoint games. His linemate Brayden Point, who had three assists on the night, praised the star forward's work ethic after the game.
Gage Goncalves scored twice for Tampa Bay, and Nick Paul, Brandon Hagel and Yanni Gourde also found the net. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves. The Lightning led 2-1 after the first period and 3-1 after two, then broke it open with four third-period goals.
Kucherov's goals came at 1:49 of the first (assisted by Point) and at 6:05 of the third (assisted by Point and Charle-Edouard D'Astous).
Flyers' Answers
Owen Tippett and Garnet Hathaway scored for Philadelphia. Hathaway's goal was assisted by Noah Juulsen and Rodrigo Abols. The game also featured a fight between Hathaway and Tampa Bay's Declan Carlile.
Tampa Bay outshot Philadelphia 23-20 and improved to 27-13-3, while the Flyers fell to 22-13-8. It was the Lightning's longest win streak since they won 11 in a row in 2019-20, and it came after a stretch in which they had won just two of nine.
