Kucherov’s excellence driving Lightning against Penguins

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The bigger the playoff moment, the more Nikita Kucherov shines.
The young Russian has a knack for scoring when Tampa Bay needs it most, which is one of the reasons the Lightning are within one victory of reaching the Stanley Cup final for the second straight year.
Kucherov has found the back of the net a NHL-leading 11 times in 15 games this postseason, seven of them in situations in which he’s either tied the score or given his team a lead.
The 22-year-old’s