Kucherov Logs Team-High Minutes, Finds No Room in Winnipeg

Nikita Kucherov led all Tampa Bay skaters in ice time and still left the sheet empty as the Lightning lost 4-3 at Winnipeg.

He played a team-high 21:36 over 21 shifts, also the most among the team's forwards. He finished with no goals, no assists, a plus-minus of zero and one shot on goal. All of that came at even strength, where he had three shot attempts. On the power play he put up one attempt and no shots on goal. He also gave the puck away twice and recorded no takeaways, hits or blocks.

That is a quieter night than his season line suggests: 5 goals and 17 assists in 17 games, with his minutes (21.3 per game) right on his usual number. Only the output was missing.

The result stings for a Lightning team that arrived at 11-3-2 on a three-game winning streak. Winnipeg, 6-8-3 coming in, picked up a win in a season that has been uneven so far.