The Tampa Bay Lightning have quite the duo in Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos.

Not that long ago, Stamkos' future with the team was relatively uncertain, and Kucherov remained an unsigned restricted free agent deep into the offseason.

But on Monday, Kucherov and Stamkos were in fine form, taking advantage of a New York Islanders miscue while once again proving their full worth to the Lightning.

Here's how it happened.

Islanders forward Josh Bailey (No. 12) had possession of the puck behind the Lightning net, and was challenged by Andrej Sustr (62).

Jason Chimera (25) skated in to help Bailey, and with Victor Hedman (77) bearing down, he grabbed the puck after it came loose and whipped it along the boards.

Adam Pelech (50) stood ready to accept the pass, with Brian Boyle (11) looking to pounce.

Rather than dumping the puck back deep into the offensive zone, Pelech's next move was an ill-advised pass toward the blue line. One can imagine Kucherov (86, bottom-left corner) beginning to salivate at this moment.

Let's skip ahead a second ...

Kucherov gobbled up the puck, and skated with haste down the ice. He entered the Islanders' zone with Boyle to his left, and Stamkos (91) - who was being watched by John Tavares (also 91) - trailing behind.

Kucherov skated toward Calvin de Haan (44), and instead of attempting a shot through a possible screen, he dropped the puck past Tavares and back to Stamkos.

Kucherov and Stamkos then crisscrossed, with Tavares trailing the former and Bailey having caught up to track the latter. Meanwhile, Boyle made a beeline for the net, with Pelech on his tail attempting to make amends for his gaffe. Stamkos spotted a seam and slid the puck back over to Kucherov.

Left untouched over the course of the entire rush, Kucherov received the pass from Stamkos, and promptly one-timed the puck past a helpless Jaroslav Halak (34).

At the conclusion of the flawless give-and-go, Kucherov and Stamkos each circled around to meet in the middle of the ice and congratulate each other for what they had just pulled off, with Boyle surrounded by a bunch of frustrated Islanders.

The goal was Kucherov's sixth, while Stamkos - known more as a sniper - recorded his 10th assist on the play.

Beyond the numbers, though, it demonstrated the high-end awareness and skill of the Lightning's top players, gave further evidence as to why Tampa Bay's considered one of the most dangerous offensive teams in the game ... and raised some questions about which direction the Islanders are heading.

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