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Lightning's Nikita Kucherov named NHL MVP for second time

   The Associated Press | Posted: June 12, 2026 6:44 PM | Last
   Updated: 19 hours ago

   Veteran forward second to McDavid in league scoring with 130
   points

   Image | Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov

   Caption: Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov, who also captured
   NHL MVP honours in 2019, led all players this season with 1.71
   points a game on 44 goals and 86 assists. (Mike Carlson/Getty
   Images/File)
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   Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Hart Trophy
   as NHL MVP, the second such honour of his career after also
   winning the Hart in 2019.
   The league announced the news Thursday prior to Game 5 of the
   Stanley Cup final.
   Kucherov led all players with 1.71 points a game on 44 goals
   and 86 assists. With 130 points, he ranked second to only
   Edmonton's Connor McDavid, who had 138.
   McDavid was a close second by 10 points in voting by members of
   the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Colorado's Nathan
   MacKinnon was third and San Jose's Macklin Celebrini fourth.
   Kucherov had 42 more points than his next-closest teammate,
   Jake Guentzel. He was third in Hart Trophy voting a year ago
   and second in 2023-24.

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