Nikita Kucherov posts 700th career assist as Lightning top Maple Leafs

Nikita Kucherov scored and recorded his 700th career assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning resumed the regular season with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

The right wing fed Gage Goncalves, who later assisted on Kucherov's tally, for a second-period goal to become the 64th player to reach the milestone and the third Russian-born one to do it, joining Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin.

Kucherov, whose point streak moved to an NHL-best 11 games, reached 30 goals for the ninth time in his career.