
MOSCOW, Apr 17 Tampa Bay Lightning beat Winnipeg Jets» in the home match of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The meeting at the «Amali Arena» in Tampa ended in victory for the hosts with a score of 7:4 (2:2, 2:2, 3:0). Russian striker Nikita Kucherov (39th and 47th minutes) scored twice for the winners, Alex Killorn (7), Pierre-Edouard Bellmare (19), Nick Paul (34), Steven Stamkos (44) and Mikhail Sergachev ( 52). Paul Stastny (1), Kyle Connor (14), Josh Morrissey (28) and Blake Wheeler (30) scored goals against the guests. Kucherov also scored two assists and was named the second star of the match. In total, in 40 games of the NHL regular season, the Russian forward scored 51 (18+33) points. For Sergachev, this puck was the seventh this season, with a total of 36 (7 + 29) points in 71 matches. Tampa scored 100 points and is in fifth position in the NHL Eastern Conference, Winnipeg (81 points) goes to 11th in the West, Calgary defeated the Arizona 9-1 at home and guaranteed a place in the playoffs with seven games before the end of the regular season.Results of other matches:Buffalo — «Philadelphia» — 4:3, «Ottawa» — «Toronto» — 4:5 (OT), «Dallas» — «San Jose» — 2:1, «Colorado» — «Carolina» — 7:4, » Seattle» — «New Jersey» — 4:3 (B), «Los Angeles» — «Columbus» — 2:1.

