Russian hockey player scored an incredible goal a moment before the siren and brought victory to his team

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov scored a virtuoso winning goal and was named the star of the match.

Russian forward Nikita Kucherov, who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning, scored the decisive goal 9 seconds before the buzzer in the second game of the playoff finals against the New York Islanders.

A video of the "incredible" goal appeared on the team's official Twitter page.

The Russian forward managed to score 9 seconds before the end of the match, when no one believed in Tampa's victory. However, thanks to his excellent skill and will to win, Kucherov scored the decisive goal and was named the star of the match, which ended with a score of 2:1.

"Kucherov is a man, ready to watch this moment over and over again", "I hope that Kucherov will take the trophy home", - the delighted fans write.
Russian hockey player scored an incredible goal just before the buzzer and brought the team victory

"The shorthanded team played incredibly today. Kucherov's goal was great. Vasilevsky's play was important. But to play for so long shorthanded and not concede... These guys allowed us to hold out until the last minute. And at the end we were rewarded for our efforts," - head coach of the NHL club "Tampa Bay" John Cooper praised the play of the Russians.