Do you remember when Nikita Kucherov – who was supposedly injured – miraculously returned to the game during the 2021 playoffs after missing the entire season? He had helped the Lightning win a second consecutive Stanley Cup with a harvest of 32 points in just 23 games.

Kucherov found the back of the net and took three shots on net in Sunday's 4-1 win against the Kraken. After missing Tampa Bay's last game before the 4 Nations Face-Off break with an upper-body ...