Nikita Kucherov, born on 17 June 1993, is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He came up through Krasnaya Armiya, the junior team of CSKA Moscow, and played 27 Kontinental Hockey League games before the Lightning chose him 58th overall in the 2011 draft and he finished his junior career with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Quebec league. He has won the Stanley Cup twice, in 2020 and 2021, leading the playoffs in scoring both times, has taken the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2019 and 2026 and the Art Ross Trophy in 2019, 2024 and 2025, and holds the Lightning franchise record for career points and the record for points in a single season by a Russian-born player, 144.
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born 17 June 1993
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He has led the league in scoring three times
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He has led the league in scoring three times, thus earning the Art Ross Trophy in 2019, 2024, and 2025
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is a Russian professional ice hockey player
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is a Russian professional ice hockey player
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Kucherov has won the Stanley Cup twice with the Lightning, in 2020 and 2021
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