With 59 regular victories, the Tampa Bay Lightning are now just four wins away from setting a new NHL single-season record.
With five games remaining, Tampa Bay has a chance to surpass the NHL record of 62 wins, set by the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings. The only other franchise to win at least 59 was the Montreal Canadiens, who did it in 1976-77 and 1977-78 . Both of those Montreal teams went on to win the Stanley Cup.
Stamkos scored twice and has 41 goals, reaching the 40-goal mark for the fifth time in his career and first time since 2014-15. He added two assists and has 93 points, becoming the third Tampa Bay player to reach 90 points alongside Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov. The Lightning are the first team since the Ottawa Senators and Atlanta Thrashers in 2005-06 to have three players get to 90 points in the same season.
The Lightning led 2-1 after the first period on a pair of one-timers off the stick of Stamkos from the left circle.
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