VIDEO: Kucherov hands Burns his lunch
Robert Mayer / USA Today
Goals have been few are far between for Nikita Kucherov this season, but this one was worth the wait.
Watch him embarrass Brent Burns with a move that'll have him aching for his days as a forward, as he sets up a backhand deke with a hesitation fake before turning the San Jose Sharks rover inside out, and beating Alex Stalock.
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That's just the seventh of the season for Kucherov, who netted 29 last season.
The sniper added his eighth in the second period, thanks to this laser:
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