Tampa Bay Lightning superstar Nikita Kucherov has parlayed a scoring surge in 2026 into a spot in the Art Ross Trophy conversation alongside Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon.

Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov recently hit a monumental 1,000 NHL points, becoming the 101st player in league history to achieve this feat. He's now in a fierce three-way race for the Art Ross Trophy.

Nikita Kucherov leads the NHL in points since Dec. 22, with 14 more points than second place? Could he win the Hart Trophy after the Olympic break, and is he the best player in the world at the moment?

Superstars on the Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning are the favorites of winning the Art Ross Trophy.

In this week's award watch, we focus on the coveted Hart Memorial Trophy, as teenage phenom Macklin Celebrini battles with four former Hart Trophy winners.

Connor McDavid has already crossed the milestone. The Edmonton Oilers captain reached 100 points in just 60 games, becoming the first player to hit the century mark this season. That leaves everyone else fighting for second place, and right now that battle ...

To mark the three-quarter point of the 2025-26 regular season, NHL.com is running its fourth installment of the Trophy Tracker series this week. Today, we look at the race for the Hart Trophy, given annually to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

On Tuesday, March 17, the Seattle Kraken hosted the Tampa Bay Lightning for the first matchup between these two teams this season. This game saw the return