In the shadow of the unstoppable Kucherov: which Russian had the best first half of the season in the NHL. Artemy Panarin has not wilted after failure in last year's playoffs and can score 100 points for the first time in the NFL regular season.
Valery Nichushkin suddenly had best period of his career and for some time held the title of the league's third best scorer among Russians. Andrei Svechnikov successfully recovered from injury and is closer to returning to the status of Carolina's main sniper, and Vladislav Namestnikov has become an important player for Winnipeg.