Nikita Kucherov posts 700th career assist as Lightning top Maple Leafs

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Nikita Kucherov scored and recorded his 700th career assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning resumed the regular season with a 4-2 victory over the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night.

The right wing fed Gage Goncalves, who later assisted on Kucherov's tally, for a second-period goal to become the 64th player to reach the milestone and the third Russian-bor