US EditionLightning Extend Winning Steak with 7-2 Win over Flyers
Nikita Kucherov scored two goals and assisted twice as Tampa Bay extended their NHL-best winning streak to nine games with a 7-2 road victory.
- On Jan. 10, 2026, the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Philadelphia 7-2, extending a nine-game winning streak as Nikita Kucherov scored twice and had four points.
- Banged-Up Philadelphia Flyers were missing Jamie Drysdale, Bobby Brink and Travis Konecny, while Flyers coach Rick Tocchet started Samuel Ersson, who struggles with a.839 save percentage against Tampa Bay.
- Kucherov extended his points streak to nine games with multiple points in each, raising his season total to 23, while Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy made 18 saves for his seventh consecutive victory.
- The teams will meet again Monday night in Philadelphia on the same sheet of ice, and postgame concerns about Samuel Ersson have prompted talk of calling up Aleksei Kolosov from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
- The seven goals were the most the Philadelphia Flyers have allowed this season, and Garnet Hathaway snapped a 44-game goal drought with his first goal since April.
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