Kucherov suspended 1 game for boarding
Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov has been suspended one game for boarding Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Markus Nutivaara late in Game 2 on Friday night, the Department of Player Safety announced.
Here's the play, which occurred with less than five minutes remaining in the third period of Friday's 5-1 loss that put the top-seeded Bolts in a stunning 0-2 hole.
Uhhh, Nikita Kucherov pic.twitter.com/M4DaHebfJa
- Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) April 13, 2019
With Kucherov unavailable, here's what Tampa's line up looks like at practice Saturday:
Lines from #tblightning practice:
- Caley Chelios (@CaleyChelios) April 13, 2019
Joseph-Stamkos-Gourde
Palat-Point-Johnson
Killorn-Cirelli-Miller
Erne-Paquette-Callahan
Kucherov-Martel
McDonagh-Cernak
Sergachev-Girardi
Coburn-Rutta
After a league-leading 128 points in the regular season, Kucherov has been held pointless through two games versus Columbus.
Since jumping out to a 3-0 lead in Game 1, the Lightning have been out-scored 9-1, and they'll look to cut their series deficit in half without the Russian on Sunday night as the series shifts to Columbus.
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