Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 Ted Lindsay Award, given to the league’s most outstanding player according to a vote of his peers in the National Hockey League Players’ Association.
By winning his second career Ted Lindsay, the 31-year-old Kucherov beat out a pair of teammates in fellow finalists Cale Makar and and Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche. MacKinnon was the winner of last year’s award.
Nikita Kucherov was surprised by his @TBLightning teammates with the Ted Lindsay Award, presented by the @NHLPA “to the most outstanding player in the NHL”.
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— NHL (@NHL) June 4, 2025
Kucherov led the league with 121 points, edging MacKinnon by five to secure his third Art Ross Trophy in the process. The Russian winger also scored 37 goals in 78 games, earning a nomination for the Hart Trophy for the league’s most valuable player. The Hart Trophy will be announced on June 12 prior to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Kucherov last won the Ted Lindsay Award, previously known as the Lester B. Pearson Award, back in 2018-19.
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