TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season and became Tampa Bay’s all-time scoring leader as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-1 on Thursday night.
Stamkos, the first overall pick in the 2008 draft, fired a one-timer from the left circle off a feed from Nikita Kucherov for the record-breaking 954th point of his career. He moved past Martin St. Louis, who had 365 goals and 588 assists with the Lightning.
A congratulatory video was shown on the scoreboard, narrated by St. Louis.
Stamkos added a pair of assists for his fourth consecutive multipoint game.
“It’s crazy the production he’s had,” Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman said. “He has been phenomenal (and) the games that he’s missed and he’s still only (32) years old and has that record already. Says a lot about his determination, his skill level.’’
Kucherov collected career point No. 600 on the Stamkos goal and added his 20th goal of the season. Alex Killorn, Ondrej Palat and…
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