Anthony Cirelli and Matheiu Joseph (Canada), Ondřej Palát (Czech Republic), Nikita Kucherov, Mikhail Sergachev and Andrei Vasilevskiy (Russia), and Erik Černák (Slovakia) will all play in the ...

Lightning players Erik Cernak, left, Andrei Vasilevskiy, center, and Nikita Kucherov, right, have been chosen to play for their respective countries in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

The official lineups for Game 7 are out, and both Nikita Kucherov and Erik Cernak are in for the Lightning. How close to 100 percent will they be, though -- especially Kucherov? It'll likely be ...

Nikita Kucherov was booed by the Toronto crowd in the competition. NHLI via Getty Images “You sit there for like three hours and then you get to go stick-handle,” Kucherov said, per the ...

Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning competes in the Scotiabank NHL Passing Challenge during the 2024 NHL All-Star skills competition at Scotiabank Arena Feb. 2, 2024, in Toronto.

Tampa Bay Lightning star winger Nikita Kucherov is undergoing hip surgery next week and will miss the entire regular season, general manager Julien BriseBrois announced Wednesday. Though Kucherov ...