{"id":439856,"date":"2024-04-17T20:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T00:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=439856"},"modified":"2024-04-17T22:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T02:05:31","slug":"nikita-kucherov-has-joined-mcdavid-in-club-with-100-assists-in-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/04\/17\/nikita-kucherov-has-joined-mcdavid-in-club-with-100-assists-in-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikita Kucherov Has Joined McDavid in the Club with 100 Assists in a Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kucheni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Kucherov<\/a> has joined fellow elite scorer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a> in the exclusive members-only club with 100 assists. Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/orrbo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Orr<\/a> achieved the feat in 1970-71 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bruins\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins<\/a>, it is only the 15<span class=\"s2\">th<\/span> time it has been achieved. Kucherov becomes just the fifth different player in NHL history to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/tampa-bay-lightning-s-nikita-kucherov-records-100th-assist-fifth-player-to-reach-milestone-1.2105975\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record a 100-assist campaign<\/a> and following McDavid, remarkably second this year alone. Kucherov received the puck as it was being passed around and calmly laid one in the slot for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pointbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Point<\/a>. Point took a second to stop up the puck, but then deposited it far side, post and in, behind <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/leafs\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesma02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">100 ASSISTS FOR KUCH \ud83e\udd29 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tY7UUV9XMr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tY7UUV9XMr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/1780758990042911204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nikita Kucherov Notches 100 Assists on the 2023-24 Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>In picking up 100 assists, Nikita Kucherov is also like McDavid in another way. That is, their ultimate focus is on the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Also, like McDavid\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/oilers\/\" target=\"_self\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/lightning\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> started the season slow. But both teams have come on as the season has worn on. The Lightning have had a strong-hold on the top Eastern Conference Wild Card position for a little while now. They will rely on Kucherov\u2019s offensive attack to help carry them in the post-season. When you are relying on a scorer of his prowess, why not?<\/p>\n<h3>What More Can You Say About the Superstar Kucherov<\/h3>\n<p>Nikita Kucherov is having an incredible offensive season to go along with his 100 assists. He should hold on to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rossar01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Ross<\/a> standing as the NHL\u2019s regular season scoring title. That is, unless the Colorado Avalanche <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackina01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-04-17_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan MacKinnon<\/a> has a huge night in his season finale. Furthermore, this would mark Kucherov\u2019s second such triumph. He captured the Art Ross in 2018-19 with 41 goals and 87 assists for 128 points. This year, with the goal and assist so far tonight, Kucherov sits at 44 goals and 100 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikita Kucherov has joined fellow elite scorer Connor McDavid in the exclusive members-only club with 100 assists. Since Bobby Orr achieved the feat in 1970-71 for the Boston Bruins, it is only the 15th time it has been achieved. Kucherov becomes just the fifth different player in NHL history to record a 100-assist campaign and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":139764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4547,34,4548],"tags":[583,42],"class_list":["post-439856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lightning","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-nikita-kucherov","tag-tampa-bay-lightning"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}