Kucherov becomes 5th player in NHL history to get 100 assists in season

NHL.com— TAMPA -- Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player in NHL history, and the second this season, to have 100 assists in a season Wednesday. The Tampa Bay Lightning forward reached the milestone when he set up Brayden Point’s power-play goal at 17:05 of the second period in a [6-4 victory](https://www.nhl.com/news/toronto-maple-leafs-tampa-bay-lightning-game-recap-april-17) against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Amalie Arena. Kucherov faked a one-timer from the right circle and passed to Point, who...

The Athletic—Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov becomes fifth player in NHL history with 100 assists in a season. continued his historic season, becoming just the fifth player ever to reach 100 assists in a season. Kucherov picked up his 100th assist against the on Wednesday. The only other players in history to reach 100 assists in a season are Wayne Gretzky (11 times), Mario Lemieux (1988-89), Bobby Orr (1970-71) and , 100 ASSISTS FOR KUCH 🤩 — x – Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) Any time an NHL record has been reached by just five players in history and the four others are Gretzky, Orr, Lemieux and...

ESPN—Lightning's Nikita Kucherov 5th NHL player with 100 assists. Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Wednesday night.

NBC4 Washington—Records for points, goals, assists in an NHL season. Connor McDavid, Nikita Kucherov and Auston Matthews chased history this season, but how close did they come to Wayne Gretzky’s records?