The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrated the veteran forward recaching the 1,000 NHL points milestone with a special pregame ceremony before their game against the Dallas Stars at Benchmark International Arena in Tampa on Thursday. Kucherov was joined by his wife, Anastasiya, son, Max, and daughter, Alisa, on the ice for the celebration.

Charle-Edouard D'Astous had a night to remember for the Lightning, scoring his first NHL goal on Tuesday night.

Anthony Cirelli scored 2:36 into overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to their fourth straight win, 2-1 over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Brandon Hagel scored his first power-play goal in nearly 18 months for the Lightning and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 shots for the victory.

After becoming one of the NHL’s fastest to attain the mark, the right wing is celebrated before Thursday’s game.

Selected by the Lightning in the second round (No. 58) of the 2011 NHL Draft, Kucherov leads the NHL with 271 points (83 goals, 188 assists) in 165 games since the start of the 2023-24 season.

The NHL doled out punishment on Monday after the preseason finale between the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning saw 65 penalties and 312 penalty minutes.

Chris Jericho met up with an old friend (and former WWE WrestleMania opponent) on Thursday night. Jericho and Kevin Owens were both at Benchmark International Arena to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning play the Dallas Stars in an NHL game. They shared their reunion on social media with Jericho captioning the photo: “Best Friends!”

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves for the Tampa Bay Lightning, who beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 at Bridgestone Arena on Oct. 28.  Zemgus Girgensons, Brandon Hagel, Charle-Edouard D’Astous,