Novokuznetsk

Before facing the Rangers, the Lightning beat the Florida Panthers, and their goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky, who is from Novokuznetsk.

He is also on the board of directors of Inrusinvest, whose projects include a medical center and a Park Inn hotel in the Siberian city of Novokuznetsk.

Bobrovsky is from Russia, his hometown of Novokuznetsk about 2,300 miles east of Moscow.

The native of Novokuznetsk, Russia, set franchise rookie records in several categories including goals, power-play goals, even-strength goals, assists and points, even while playing a schedule shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hailing from a small village outside of the industrial city of Novokuznetsk, more than 2,000 miles from Moscow, Kaprizov didn’t expect to be drafted, finding out via text message as he readied for bed that night.