Without further ado, here’s what caught our eye last night.
Kucherov finished as the NHL’s leading scorer last season, and this season he’s already off to a great start, scoring four points in his first game of the season.
The Tampa Bay Lightning won 4-1 over the Carolina Hurricanes, which means that Kucherov was involved in all four of the Lightning’s goals.
Of course, it’s worth mentioning that Kucherov had a lot of help from the empty net, as he scored two to complete his hat trick in just one period, the third.
Three goals, eight minutes.
Kucherov gets his sixth career hat trick to win the game! pic.twitter.com/JiySwv1bzZ
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 12, 2024
Kucherov gets his first goal of the season and the Lightning take the lead! pic.twitter.com/bRsE2pPQRu
– Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 12, 2024
In short, Kucherov and the Lightning opened their season well by spoiling the Carolina Hurricanes’ opening game.
Matvei Michkov’s real NHL debut was closely watched last night, as the Philadelphia Flyers traveled to Vancouver to take on the Canucks.
Wait for it… keep waiting…
Morgan Frost has the shootout winner for the @NHLFlyers! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/JQnCVfg80t
– NHL (@NHL) October 12, 2024
It was another tough loss for the Canucks to swallow, but this one clearly wasn’t the fault of goaltender Kevin Lankinen, who was able to stop some great Flyers chances and actions.
KEVIN LANKINEN
WHAT A STOP! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/p3V9XmkemX
– NHL (@NHL) October 12, 2024
Jack Eichel shows off some sweet hands in tight! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/92X1169L5v
– NHL (@NHL) October 12, 2024
Can’t stop watching this beautiful assist from Mark Stone. #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/55pd7wuQBc
– NHL (@NHL) October 12, 2024
The Golden Knights are off to a really good start, and they’ll be one to watch this season.
MARK SCHEIFELE
His 300th career goal is the winner in @Energizer overtime! #NHLFaceOff pic.twitter.com/eBwsMRPvAW
– NHL (@NHL) October 12, 2024
Overtime
– Here are yesterday’s results.
Nikita Kucherov scored the League’s third hat trick of the nascent season as he led the @TBLightning to victory as Friday’s four-game slate comes to a close. #NHLFaceOff#NHLStats: https://t.co/Xd8cHeSCrY pic.twitter.com/vLvMUYL2za
– NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) October 12, 2024
– Here are yesterday’s top scorers.
– Today’s NHL schedule: 13 games considering the Lightning-Hurricanes game has been postponed due to Hurricane Milton.