Once again, Nikita Kucherov was the best player of the week as decided by the NHL. The Tampa Bay Lightning forward picked up 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 2 games to beat out Connor Bedard, who also had 2 goals and 5 assists, but in three games. Marc-Andre Fleury went 2-0 with a shutout to garner third star of the week honors.
Against the Florida Panthers Kucherov hit the 40-goal mark for the third time in his career and has 114 points in just 66 games, one more than he had in 82 games last season.