NHL futures bets and analysis for Nikita Kucherov's Hart Trophy argument and the Tampa Bay Lightning's playoff chances.

Nikita Kucherov and Brandon Hagel were both on pace for 40 goals. Jake Guentzel was on pace for 50, and Brayden Point was steering toward 57. It was like watching the NHL in the freewheeling days ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to seven games on Thursday, wrapping up a three-game homestand with a 3 ...

Brandon Hagel’s unassisted goal early in ... And then we kept building off that.” Nikita Kucherov’s power-play goal at 7:38 of the second gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead and snapped an 0 ...

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 38th of his career in the Tampa Bay Lightning's ...

Nikita Kucherov had two assists and the streaking Tampa Bay Lightning beat Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers 4-1.

Andrei Vasilevskiy recorded his fourth shutout, Brandon Hagel notched a goal and an assist, and the hot Tampa Bay Lightning ...

DETROIT (AP) — Brandon Hagel had two goals and two assists ... Brayden Point scored his 30th goal of the season, and Nikita Kucherov had three assists. Dylan Duke also scored for Tampa Bay in his NHL ...

Brandon Hagel, Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening and Nick Paul all scored for the Bolts. Andrei Vasilevskiy showed no signs of rust coming out of the break, backstopping the victory with 36 saves.

Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening and Nick Paul scored in the third period and Brandon Hagel added his third short-handed goal of the season as the Lightning improved to 6-0-1 in their last seven ...