Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov once again had a fantastic season in 2024-25. In 78 games this past campaign with the Bolts, the 32-year-old winger recorded 37 goals, 84 assists, and a league-leading 121 points. With this, Kucherov won the Ted Lindsay Award and Art Ross Trophy He was also named to the NHL first All-Star team.

This was the third season in a row where Kucherov recorded at least 83 assists and 113 points, which is simply spectacular. It was also the eighth season in a row where he produced at an over a point per game pace. Thus, he has been incredible for a long time, and he is now inches away from a major milestone because of it.

Kucherov is only six points away from recording the 1,000th point of his NHL career. When noting that he has only played 803 NHL career games over 11 seasons, him already being this close to the 1,000-point mark is very impressive. Assuming he stays healthy, he should hit this huge milestone very early on in the 2025-26 season.

The only player to record 1,000 points as a member of the Lightning is Steven Stamkos, who ended his tenure with 1,137 points in 1,082 games as a Bolt. Now, Kucherov is set to join him and has plenty of time to eventually pass him on the Lightning's all-time points leader list. 

Lightning Have Interesting PTO Target To Consider Now that training camp is starting to get closer, teams around the NHL are starting to sign players to professional tryouts (PTOs). When looking at the <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/tampa-bay-lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a>'s current roster, it is fair to wonder if they could go down this route to potentially improve their forward depth.