Tampa Bay Lightning

Kucherov and Raddysh breakouts propel Lightning to an improved season.

Tampa Bay is performing better than last season's pace due to an incredible offensive surge, primarily driven by Nikita Kucherov's career-best season with a projected 144 points. Defenseman Darren Raddysh has also enjoyed a breakout, nearly doubling his point-per-game rate. These offensive boosts are compensating for the regression of Brayden Point, who projects to 58 points this season, and the significant absence and regression of Victor Hedman, limited to 33 games.

Nikita KucherovBreakout

proj. 144 pts this season vs 121 last season

Darren RaddyshBreakout

proj. 74 pts this season vs 37 last season

Brayden PointRegression

proj. 58 pts this season vs 82 last season; 50 GP this year vs 77 last year

Victor HedmanInjured

proj. 24 pts this season vs 66 last season; 33 GP this year vs 79 last year