{"id":392206,"date":"2026-01-05T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/392206\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:01:13","slug":"kucherov-named-nhls-first-star-of-the-week-for-second-week-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/392206\/","title":{"rendered":"Kucherov named NHL&#8217;s First Star of the Week for second week in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov was named the NHL\u2019s First Star of the Week for the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/sports\/bolts-nikita-kucherov-named-nhls-1st-star-of-the-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second week in a row.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kucherov, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews have been named the NHL\u2019s \u201cThree Stars\u201d for the week ending Jan. 4.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Three Stars of the Week presented by GEICO&#8221; is a weekly recognition program in the NHL where GEICO sponsors the announcement of the top three performing players that week.<\/p>\n<p>Kucherov posted 3-7-10 in three games with the Bolts last week and helped the team extend its winning streak to seven games and move into first place in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old is currently fourth in the NHL with 20 goals and 39 assists through 37 appearances total this season.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second week in a row Kucherov has been honored as the NHL\u2019s First Star of the Week after receiving the honor for his performance during the week ending on Dec. 28<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all Lightning games will be broadcast live on The Spot \u2013 Tampa Bay 66 (WXPX-TV) and will also be <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/lightning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streamed here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Spot Tampa Bay 66 is the official broadcast partner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Spot and Tampa Bay 28 are both owned by EW Scripps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trending_Video_TampaBay28.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Widow wins $1.1M lawsuit against Florida sheriff&#8217;s office but may wait years to collect money<\/p>\n<p>A Hillsborough County widow who won more than $1.1 million in a lawsuit against the sheriff&#8217;s office over a deputy-involved crash that killed her husband potentially faces years of battles to collect the money due to Florida&#8217;s sovereign immunity law.<\/p>\n<p>Widow wins $1.1M lawsuit against Florida sheriff&#8217;s office but may wait years to collect money<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov was named the NHL\u2019s First Star of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5105],"tags":[7136,7137,12262,5,5182,189,4,540,32946,92,7138,5168,5167,7139,7140],"class_list":["post-392206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-abc-action-news","tag-abc-action-news-sports","tag-bolts","tag-hockey","tag-kucherov","tag-lightning","tag-nhl","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-28","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-tampa-bay-sports","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabaylightning","tag-wfts","tag-wfts-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115844040909506387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}