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Nikita Kucherov’s Assist Numbers Shows his Evolving Game

Nikita Kucherov will be entering his 10th year with the Tampa Bay Lightning next season and will hit the 30-year-old mark. Despite the miles he has put on himself, he still has shown his ability to score at a high rate.

This past season, the right winger finished with 113 points. Out of those points, 30 were goals, and 83 were assists. It was the highest assist total he has had in any of his seasons.

In fact, he had only cracked 60+ assists in two of his seasons (2017-18, 2018-19). It was great to see that Kucherov was spreading the pucks to his teammates, setting up multiple opportunities to score.