Lightning's Nikita Kucherov: Natural hat trick in big win Wednesday

Nikita Kucherov scored a natural hat trick in the third period and added an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 8-3 on Wednesday. All four of his points came in the final period, after Buffalo had cut the deficit to one goal. It was Kucherov’s first hat trick of the season and the eighth of his career.