Nikita Kucherov voted in 2024-25 the recipient of Ted Lindsay Award by members of NHLPA
Toronto (June 4, 2025) – The Association of National Hockey League players announced today that striker Nikita Kucherov of Tampa Bay Lightning received the voting of players as a recipient of the Ted Lindsay 2024-25 Prize. The TLA is presented each year to “the most remarkable player of the NHL”, as voted by other members of the NHLPA.
This marks the second Ted Lindsay prize in Kucherov, after 2018-2019, when he was elected the most exceptional exceptional player. Kucherov was also a finalist of the TLA in 2023-24. The Maykop striker, Adygea, Russia, accumulated 121 points at the head of the League (37-84-121) in 78 regular season games in 2024-25 to guarantee his third Ross Art Trophy for managing the Ligue in a score.
He collected 84 assists at the top of the League during the regular season to become the fourth player in the NHL history to record three consecutive seasons of 80 assistants. Kucherov also led the League in points per game (1.55), assists (56), electric play points (46), power assists (38) and he finished third in the uniform points (75). Kucherov ranked second in multipoint matches (33), tied in fifth row of winning goals (9), tied in 13th rank (37) and ranked third among the right wingers on the ice (21:11).
The Ted Lindsay 2024-25 Prize was awarded to Kucherov by his teammates to Tampa Bay. A video of the presentation can be found here.
About the Ted Lindsay Prize:
The Ted Lindsay Prize is unique because the only NHL price voted by the players themselves, continuing the tradition established in 1970-71 with the Lester B. Pearson Prize. NHLPA members vote on the player they deem most of the NHL regular season each year. The prize was reintroduced in 2009-2010 as the Homonym of the late Ted Lindsay to honor its legacy as an attacker of the temple of renowned hockey known for skills, tenacity and leadership, as well as its role in the establishment of the association of original players. For more information on the TLA, visit NHLPA.com. Join the conversation using #TedlindSayAward.
