Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers with a score of 4:1, Mikheyev and Kucherov scored effective actions

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The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in an NHL match with a score of 4:1.

Russian forward Ilya Mikheev scored a goal, and Nikita Kucherov provided assists on Point and Hagel's goals, setting a record for the most assists in the first goal of an NHL regular season game in Tampa's history.

Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 13 shots to earn his 372nd career regular-season win and enter the top 20 among goalies in NHL history.

MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in a regular season match of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The meeting in Tampa ended with a score of 4:1 (1:0, 1:1, 2:0) in favor of the hosts. Brayden Point (17th minute), Pontus Holmberg (21), Russian forward Ilya Mikheyev (58), who previously assisted Holmberg, and Brandon Hagel (60) scored goals for the winners. Tyson Foerster (28) scored for Philadelphia.

Tampa's Russian forward Nikita Kucherov made assists on Point and Hagel's goals. The forward took part in the first goal of an NHL regular season match for the 170th time and set a record for this indicator in the history of Tampa, beating Vincent Lecavalier.

Tampa's Russian goalkeeper Andrei Vasilevsky stopped 13 shots. The goaltender scored his 372nd career win during the regular season and entered the top 20 among goalies in NHL history for this indicator, equaling Andy Moog.

Following the meeting, Mikheev and Vasilevsky were recognized as the second and third stars of the match, respectively.

Tampa, with 4 points, is in second place in the Atlantic Division standings. “Philadelphia,” which suffered its fourth defeat in a row, is in last, eighth place in the Metropolitan Division with 2 points.

Results of other matches of the day:

Boston Bruins - Ottawa Senators - 1:4 (0:2, 0:2, 1:0);

Pittsburgh Penguins - Winnipeg Jets - 2:3 (0:0, 1:0, 1:3);