Regular season and playoffsTBL
Nikita Kucherov's 2025-2026 season
Points
130
NHL#2
Goals
44
NHL#8
Assists
86
NHL#2
Plus/minus
+43
NHL#3
Games
76
92%
Right winger Nikita Kucherov was 32 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning. He played 76 of a possible 82 games and scored 44 goals and 86 assists for 130 points, 1.71 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 6 points. He won Hart Memorial Trophy.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
2025-2026Playoffs
- Year 20251 year agoSeason opener
Nikita Kucherov plays the 2025-2026 season for Tampa Bay Lightning
Nikita was 32 years old when the 2025-2026 season began. It was his 13th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.
- +2 goalsThe gameOTT5–4TBLLgame 1/82
4His night+2P+2G-2+/-4SOG1PPP20:55TOI - The gameNJD5–3TBLLgame 2/824His nightNo points-3+/-1SOG20:32TOI
- The gameTBL4–3BOSWgame 3/825His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG19:24TOI
- +1 assistThe gameTBL2–3WSHLgame 4/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP21:05TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameCHI3–2TBLLgame 7/822His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG22:44TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameANA3–4TBLWgame 8/824His night+2P+2A0+/-6SOG1PPP20:54TOI
MilestoneNikita Kucherov reaches 1,000 career points
in the game against Anaheim Ducks · October 25
- +1 goalThe gameVGK1–2TBLWgame 9/825His night+1P+1G0+/-2SOG22:07TOI
- The gameDAL1–2TBLWgame 11/822His nightNo points0+/-5SOG21:42TOI
- November 2025
- The gameTBL4–2UTAWgame 12/824His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG20:19TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTBL2–3COLLgame 13/824His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG19:36TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameTBL6–3VGKWgame 14/824His night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-5SOG2PPP20:20TOI
- The gameWSH2–3TBLWgame 15/823His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG22:34TOI
- The gameNYR7–3TBLLgame 16/823His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG23:56TOI
- +1 assistThe gameTBL3–1FLAWgame 17/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-6SOG22:31TOI
- +1 goalThe gameVAN6–2TBLLgame 18/826His night+1P+1G-2+/-1SOG18:16TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameNJD1–5TBLWgame 19/822His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP22:07TOI
- +1 assistThe gameEDM1–2TBLWgame 20/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-6SOG23:37TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameTBL5–3WSHWgame 21/822His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP05:18TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played22pointsNHL#2910goalsNHL#3112assistsNHL#52TBL12-7-2W-L-OT26Points2nd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL - +3 assistsThe gamePHI0–3TBLWgame 22/822His night+3P+3A+3+/-0SOG21:49TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameCGY1–5TBLWgame 23/823His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG17:28TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameTBL6–3DETWgame 24/825His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG1PPP19:40TOI
- December 2025
- The gameTBL1–2NYILgame 26/823His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG26:35TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT4–3TBLLgame 27/823His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-10SOG1PPP25:28TOI
- The gameTBL0–2TORLgame 29/827His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG24:38TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameTBL6–1MTLWgame 30/823His night+2P+1G+1A+3+/-2SOG17:43TOI
- +4 assistsThe gameTBL8–4NJDWgame 31/824His night+4P+4A+2+/-4SOG1PPP16:12TOI
- The gameFLA5–2TBLLgame 33/824His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG18:40TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCAR4–6TBLWgame 35/821His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG19:25TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameSTL1–4TBLWgame 36/825His night+2P+2A0+/-1SOG2PPP16:36TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameTBL4–2FLAWgame 37/823His night+2P+2G+2+/-3SOG18:29TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameMTL4–5TBLWgame 38/822His night+2P+2G+1+/-3SOG19:48TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameTBL4–3ANAWgame 39/822His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP18:29TOI
Year 2026this year- +3 pointsThe gameTBL5–3LAKWgame 40/823His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-2SOG1PPP20:51TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played59pointsNHL#420goalsNHL#1539assistsNHL#4TBL25-13-3W-L-OT53Points1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL - +2 assistsThe gameCOL2–4TBLWgame 42/822His night+2P+2A+1+/-0SOG1PPP16:20TOI
- +4 pointsThe gameTBL7–2PHIWgame 43/824His night+4P+2G+2A+4+/-2SOG14:24TOI
- The gameTBL2–1PITWgame 45/822His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG26:22TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameTBL2–3STLLgame 46/825His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-3SOG2PPP23:37TOI
- +1 assistThe gameTBL4–1DALWgame 47/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-0SOG16:48TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameSJS1–4TBLWgame 48/825His night+3P+3A+2+/-0SOG18:00TOI
- +1 goalThe gameTBL2–1CHIWgame 49/823His night+1P+1G+1+/-1SOG23:48TOI
- +4 pointsThe gameTBL5–8CBJLgame 50/824His night+4P+1G+3A+1+/-3SOG1PPP22:43TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameUTA0–2TBLWgame 51/822His night+2P+2A0+/-5SOG2PPP18:20TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameWPG1–4TBLWgame 52/822His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-2SOG15:22TOI
- February 2026
- +4 pointsThe gameBOS5–6TBLWgame 53/824His night+4P+1G+3A+1+/-8SOG2PPP28:13TOI
- +1 assistThe gameFLA1–6TBLWgame 55/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG1PPP17:54TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameTOR2–4TBLWgame 56/825His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-2SOG23:57TOI
- The gameBUF6–2TBLLgame 58/825His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG20:11TOI
- March 2026
- +1 goalThe gameTBL1–5MINLgame 59/826His night+1P+1G-1+/-1SOG22:56TOI
- The gameTBL1–4WPGLgame 60/824His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG20:41TOI
- +4 assistsThe gameTBL5–2TORWgame 61/825His night+4P+4A+3+/-1SOG1PPP18:36TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameTBL7–8BUFLgame 62/825His night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-5SOG1PPP19:15TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played103pointsNHL#334goalsNHL#669assistsNHL#2TBL39-19-4W-L-OT82PointsPlayoff spot2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL - +1 assistThe gameCBJ5–2TBLLgame 63/823His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG20:32TOI
- The gameCAR4–2TBLLgame 65/822His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG20:00TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameTBL6–2VANWgame 67/829His night+3P+1G+2A+4+/-3SOG16:10TOI
- +1 assistThe gameTBL3–4CGYLgame 69/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG20:57TOI
- +1 assistThe gameMIN3–6TBLWgame 70/825His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG1PPP19:26TOI
- The gameOTT2–4TBLWgame 72/822His nightOut injured
IllNikita falls ill and misses 2 games
Illness
- The gameNSH2–3TBLWgame 73/824His nightOut injured
- The gameMTL4–1TBLLgame 74/821His nightNo points-3+/-6SOG23:10TOI
- April 2026
- +3 pointsThe gamePIT3–6TBLWgame 75/824His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-4SOG20:45TOI
- +1 goalThe gameBOS1–3TBLWgame 76/824His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG16:58TOI
MilestoneNikita Kucherov reaches 400 career goals
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · April 6
- +1 assistThe gameTBL2–6OTTLgame 78/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG19:41TOI
- The gameTBL2–1BOSWgame 80/823His nightNo points0+/-2SOG20:21TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameDET3–4TBLWgame 81/824His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG16:29TOI
- The gameNYR4–2TBLLgame 82/821His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG20:54TOI
The season in numbersNikita Kucherov closes the 2025-2026 season with 130 points
Points130NHL#2Games76of 8293%Goals44NHL#8Assists86NHL#2P/GP1.71NHL#1+/-+43NHL#3Events44career best in goals1hat trick1,000career points400career goals13×First star7×Second star4×Third star12 i radgames with a point · 28 pts5 i radgames with a goal4 days laterPlayoffsTampa Bay Lightning are in the playoffs
First roundTampa Bay Lightning meet Montréal Canadiens
TBLvsMTLSwedes on Tampa Bay LightningNo SwedesSwedes on Montréal CanadiensNo Swedes- +2 assistsGame 1MTL4–3TBLLHis night+2P+2A-1+/-5SOG2PPP17:38TOI
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
- +1 goalGame 2MTL2–3TBLWHis night+1P+1G+2+/-5SOG23:22TOI
- Tampa Bay Lightningare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
- +1 assistGame 3TBL2–3MTLLHis night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP20:35TOI
- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Tampa Bay Lightningare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5MTL3–2TBLLHis nightNo points0+/-8SOG21:44TOI
- May 2026
- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 6TBL1–0MTLWHis nightNo points0+/-6SOG22:50TOI
- Tampa Bay Lightningare3–3withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 7MTL2–1TBLLHis nightNo points-1+/-3SOG20:16TOI
First roundMontréal Canadiens knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3
TBL3–4MTLEliminated7Games6Points1Goals5AssistsThe run in numbersNikita Kucherov ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 6 points
Points6NHL#72Games7Goals1NHL#116Assists5NHL#51P/GP0.86+/-+2NHL#61Events4 i radgames with a point2 pointsbest gameMTL3–4HonourNikita Kucherov won Hart Memorial Trophy for 2025-2026