What It Means:

Tampa trails 2-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The teams are back in Tampa Friday night for Game 4 of the best-of-seven series. Kucherov's assists, the fourth and fifth for the right winger in the postseason, came on goals by Tyler Johnson (fifth) and Ondrej Palat (fourth). Palat also assisted on the Johnson goal, his fourth of the playoffs.

After totaling 65 points last year, the 22-year-old Kucherov tallied 66 points -- 30 goals and 36 assists -- this regular season. He did, however, post a career-low 0.4 Relative Corsi For Percentage at Even Strength.