Nikita Kucherov hat trick, Lightning 6-3 win over the Flyers 1/23/24

January 23, 2024

Nikita Kucherov hat trick, Lightning 6-3 win over the Flyers 1/23/24

The Tampa Bay Lightning won with a 6-3 score and a hat trick against the Flyers in Philadelphia on Tuesday, January 23rd. Nikita Kucherov scored a hat trick and recorded four points, helping Tampa Bay wrap up their road trip with a great win.

Lightning lineup against the Flyers:

Stamkos - Point - Kucherov

Hagel - Cirelli - Eyssimont

Sheary - Paul

Motte - Glendening - Barre-Boulet

Hedman - Raddysh

de Haan - Perbix

Lilleberg - Crozier

Myers

Vasilevskiy

Flyers lineup against the Lightning:

Farabee - Couturier - Konecny

Lycksell - Frost - Atkinson

Foerster - Laughton - Hathaway

Cates - Poehling

Sanheim - Drysdale

Seeler - Walker

York - Ristolainen

Zamula

Ersson

Petersen

Tampa Bay starts up the scoring early - Brayden Point scored his 22nd goal of the season at 18:14. Max Crozier recorded his first NHL point... he shot from the top right of the circle, and the shot was redirected past Samuel Ersson by Point. Nikita Kucherov strikes his team-leading goal (29) - only seconds after Tampa Bay's power play expired, Brandon Hagel and Darren Raddysh assisted Kucherov's goal.

Getting his second goal of the night and his 30th of the season, Brayden Point helped set up a power play goal for Kucherov, who scored from a sharp angle along the goal line early into the middle frame. Cam Atkinson gets Philadelphia on the board with his 13th goal of the season. Atkinson redirected a feed from Joel Farabee and got it past Andrei Vasilevskiy. Recording his first goal as a Flyer, Jamie Drysdale shoots one in with a wrist shot from the high slot. Mikey Eyssimont nets one on the power play with his eighth goal of the season, making it a two-goal lead for the Lightning.

Cam York shot and it was blocked, popping up into the air. York batted the puck and got the puck into the back of the net in the opening minute of third period. Brandon Hagel scored an empty-netter with his 14th of the season... Calvin de Haan got the puck to the neutral zone, and Anthony Cirelli worked the puck over to Hagel. Nikita Kucherov hits the back of the empty net scoring a hat trick! The Bolts win with a 6-3 score, wrapping up their road trip.

Notes:

- Nikita Kucherov recorded his fifth career hat trick

- Andrei Vasilevskiy had a 29-save night on 32 shots

- 300 NHL games for Joel Farabee

- Jamie Drysdale scored his first as a Philadelphia Flyer

- Nikita Kucherov became the seventh active player to post at least seven 30-goal seasons

- Three stars of the game: Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, and Cam Atkinson

Cam Atkinson on the Flyers 6-3 loss against Tampa Bay: "I thought we did good. We had opportunities that we could have buried, myself included. I could've had way more than one goal. We did a good job trying to fight back, but ultimately didn't get the job done."