Kucherov’s record winning streak in Tampa NHL home games interrupted
MOSCOW, March 13 – RIA Novosti. Hockey players “Tampa Bay Lightning” lost in a match against the Winnipeg Jets during the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The match, which took place in Tampa, ended with the victory of the away team with a score of 3:2 (1:1, 2:1, 0:0). Nate Schmidt (11 minutes), Nino Niederreiter (22) and Morgan Barron (30) scored for the Jets. Hosts Alex Killorn (2) and Anthony Cirelli (31) scored.
2 : 3
Russian striker “Tampa” Nikita Kucherov failed to score. Thus, the club’s winning streak in home matches was also interrupted. The Russian scored 24 points in a row at the Amalie Arena. This result is the best in the club’s history, “Tampa” and sixth in the entire league. Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record for the number of home games scored in a row (40 games in the 1988/89 season).
Lightning defender Mikhail Sergachev fired three shots on target and made a power-up. Lightning goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky made 19 out of 22 saves. Winnipeg striker Vladislav Namestnikov scored three hits.
Dorofeev’s first goal in the NHL brought “Vegas” a victory over “St. Louis”.
Source: Ria
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