Stamkos Sets Franchise Record For Points In 8-1 Rout Of Leafs

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And the Captain stands alone.

Steven Stamkos set the Tampa Bay Lightning franchise record for points with a power play goal in the 2nd period as the Lightning defeated the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs 8-1 on Thursday night at Amalie Arena.

In typical Stammer fashion, the goal came from his office in the left circle on a one-timer. Following the goal, the captain received a standing ovation from Bolts Nation & during the next TV timeout a video package narrated by Martin St. Louis -- who Stamkos passed on the all-time list with point #954 -- was played on the big screen. (VIDEO BELOW)

Nikita Kucherov, who added a power play goal of his own in Tampa Bay's four-goal 2nd period, picked up his 600th NHL point on Stamkos' record-breaking goal.

Following a scoreless 1st period, the Lightning finally broke through at 3:54 of the 2nd.

After some great work in the Toronto zone, Erik Cernak threw a puck on net that was deflected by Alex Killorn to put Tampa Bay up 1-0. Killorn also picked up an assist on Kucherov's goal, which made him the 8th player in franchise history with 400 points.

At the 12:25 mark the Bolts doubled their lead when Ross Colton deflected a pass from Nick Paul past Toronto netminder Erik Kallgren to make it 2-0.

Ondrej Palat deflected a Mikhail Sergachev point shot 72 seconds into the 3rd to put the Lightning up 5-0 and then Killorn added a power play goal at 4:33 to make it six.

Ilya Mikheyev scored the lone goal for the Leafs on the power play at 7:45, but Colton answered with his second of the night at 8:50 & Pat Maroon finished up the scoring with a goal at 14:11.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was solid in net, picking up 36 saves for his 36th win of the season.

Kallgren made 28 saves in defeat for the Leafs.

Missing The Point : Before tonight's game, the team announced that center Brayden Point would miss the contest due to a "lower body injury" and is listed as "day to day".

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SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period

NONE

2nd Period

1. Tampa Bay - Killorn - (Cernak, Hagel) - 3:54
2. Tampa Bay - Colton - (Paul, Perry) - 12:25
3. Tampa Bay - PPG - Stamkos - (Kucherov, Hedman) - 12:38
4. Tampa Bay - PPG - Kucherov - (Perry, Killorn) - 16:07

3rd Period

1. Tampa Bay - Palat - (Sergachev, Stamkos) - 1:12
2. Tampa Bay - PPG - Killorn (2) - (Stamkos, Hedman) - 4:33
3. Toronto - PPG - Mikheyev - (Spezza, Giordano) - 7:45
4. Tampa Bay - PPG - Colton (2) - (Palat, McDonagh) - 8:50
5. Tampa Bay - Maroon - (Palat, Colton) - 14:11

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PENALTY SUMMARY

1st Period

1. Tampa Bay - Hagel - (High Sticking) - 0:41
2. Toronto - TEAM - (Too Many Men) - 9:16
3. Tampa Bay - Hedman - (Hooking) - 19:53

2nd Period

1. Toronto - Spezza - (Hooking) - 12:25
2. Toronto - Lyubushkin - (High Sticking) - 14:16
3. Toronto - Giordano - (Roughing) - 15:22
4. Toronto - Tavares - (Roughing) - 15:22
5. Tampa Bay - Cirelli - (Roughing) - 15:22
6. Tampa Bay - Hagel - (Roughing) - 15:22
7. Toronto - Kerfoot - (High Sticking) - 15:38
8. Tampa Bay - Stamkos - (Tripping) - 15:38
9. Toronto - MAJOR - Simmonds - (Fighting) - 19:29
10. Tampa Bay - MAJOR - Maroon - (Fighting) - 19:29

3rd Period

1. Toronto - Bunting - (Elbowing) - 3:18
2. Tampa Bay - Foote - (Holding) - 5:07
3. Toronto - Blackwell - (10-Minute Misconduct) - 7:01
4. Tampa Bay - Paul - (10-Minute Misconduct) - 7:01
5. Tampa Bay - Cirelli - (Roughing) - 7:01
6. Toronto - MATCH - Clifford - (High Sticking) - 8:10
7. Toronto - Rielly - (Roughing) - 8:10
8. Tampa Bay - DOUBLE MINOR - Perry - (Roughing) - 8:10
9. Toronto - Mikheyev - (Slashing) - 9:53
10. Tampa Bay - Killorn - (Unsportsmanlike Conduct) - 9:53
11. Toronto - Simmonds - (10-Minute Misconduct) - 15:48
12. Tampa Bay - Maroon - (10-Minute Misconduct) - 15:48
13. Toronto - Bunting - (10-Minute Misconduct) - 17:02
14. Toronto - Kerfoot - (Cross Checking) - 19:10
15. Tampa Bay - Foote - (Roughing) - 19:10
16. Tampa Bay - Foote - (High Sticking) - 19:10

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What's Next For The Bolts : The Lightning are back in action on Saturday night as they welcome the Nashville Predators to Amalie Arena. Puck drop is slated for 7:00pm with the pregame show starting at 6:00pm on NewsRadio WFLA & Lightning Power Play on the iHeartRadio app.

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