TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – If little Nikita Franklin looks a tad tired, it’s probably because she was up late Tuesday night, watching the Bolts in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, along with her parents, Eric and Laine Franklin, from a bed at Florida Hospital in Tampa.

She had every reason to be up past her bedtime. After all, she is named after the Russian right winger, Nikita Kucherov.

This all started when the couple found out they were expecting and had tickets to a Bolts game that very same night.

“When I found out that I was pregnant, we were going to a lightning game. My husband said ‘We are going to name our kid after the first person who scores!’”

I predicted that it was going to be Nikita Kucherov and that’s who it was! It was a joke at first, and then it stuck with her!” said new mother, Laine Franklin.

After some much-needed rest, the Franklin family was paid a visit on Wednesday morning by a very famous face here on the ice in Tampa Bay.

No, not Kucherov himself!

When he found out about the honor, he was already on his way up to Pittsburgh for Game Seven on Thursday.

Buzzing through the hallways of the hospital, Thunderbug himself paid Nikita a visit, bringing along lots of Lighting swag to make sure the baby girl was decked out in “Bolts Blue” from the beginning.

“She will have a story behind her name, not just a random name out of a baby book,” said Franklin

“Hopefully they win tomorrow! We will be watching!” Franklin added.

Little Nikita is still resting at Florida Hospital, weighing in at 8 pounds, 11 ounces.WHAT OTHERS ARE CLICKING ON RIGHT NOW: