Hockey
Tampa, without Kucherov, won the biggest victory of the NHL season
Tampa Bay Lightning players / Photo: © Mike Carlson / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Tampa hockey players defeated San Jose in a home match of the NHL regular season.
The meeting ended with a score of 8:1. This is the Lightning’s biggest win this season.
The team’s top scorer, Russian Nikita Kucherov, missed the game due to injury. Tampa head coach John Cooper expressed hope that the forward will return to the ice in Sunday’s match against Vancouver.
In another match of the day, Montreal defeated Nashville – 3:0. The Predators lost their sixth game in a row.
NHL. Regular season
Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa) – San Jose Sharks (San Jose) – 8:1 (5:0, 2:0, 1:1)
Goals: Atkinson, 1:26. Geeks, 7:29. Hagel, 8:32, 8:55. Güntzel, 17:45 (bol.). Cirelli, 24:16. Perbix 38:32. Paul, 46:01. – Wennberg, 40:14.
Montreal Canadiens (Montreal) – Nashville Predators (Nashville) – 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0)
Goals: Evans, 7:50. Laine, 41:14 (bol.). Army, 59:14.
Source: Sportbox
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