{"id":535380,"date":"2026-04-01T21:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535380\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:01:24","slug":"nikita-kucherov-erik-karlsson-pavel-zacha-named-nhls-three-stars-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535380\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikita Kucherov, Erik Karlsson, Pavel Zacha named NHL’s three stars of March"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> right wing Nikita Kucherov<\/a>, Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> defenceman Erik Karlsson<\/a> and Boston Bruins<\/a> centre Pavel Zacha<\/a> have been named the NHL\u2019s three stars of March.<\/p>\n

Kucherov led the league with 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) in 14 games as the Lightning continue to challenge Buffalo for first place in the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n

The two-time defending Art Ross Trophy winner as the league\u2019s top scorer hit the 100-point mark for a fourth straight season when he had four assists in a 5-2 win over Toronto on March 7.<\/p>\n

Kucherov, who has missed Tampa Bay\u2019s last two games with an illness, entered Wednesday second in league scoring with 121 points, four behind Edmonton captain Connor McDavid<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Karlsson was second in scoring last month with 24 points (nine goals, 15 assists) in 17 games, while Zacha had a league-leading 13 goals in 16 games.<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues<\/a> forward Jimmy Snuggerud<\/a> was named March\u2019s top rookie after posting seven goals and eight assists over 14 games.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Tampa Bay Lightning right wing Nikita Kucherov, Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Erik Karlsson and Boston Bruins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[5,78,4,43,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-535380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-winnipeg","13":"tag-winnipeg-jets","14":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116331471766414935","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535380","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=535380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}