Mitch Marner broke the Toronto points streak record at 19 games, scoring short-handed and power-play goals in the Maple Leafs' 4-3 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.
Marner opened the scoring from the low slot off a pass from behind the net by David Kampf at 5:18 of the second. The right wing broke the Maple Leafs record set by Darryl Sittler in 1977-78 and matched by Eddie Olczyk in 1989-90. The NHL record is 51 games, set by Wayne Gretzky .Tampa Bay had taken a 3-2 on power-play goals by Nikita Kucherov and Ross Colton in the opening 4:34 of the third. Kucherov's goal came after Marner was sent off for tripping at 4 seconds.
Toronto's John Tavares had a goal disallowed with 4:04 left in the third after a review determined he kicked the puck into the net,Steven Stamkos extended his point sstreak to 10 games with an assist on Kucherov's goal. Stamkos has five career 10-game points streaks. Only Martin St. Louis and Kucherov have more in team history.
He received a Tiffany Crystal from Don VanMassenhoven, who represented the NHL, and an engraved gold stick from Tampa Bay owner Jeff Vinik.Stamkos set the Lightning record with an 18-game point streak at Toronto on Mar. 11, 2009 and said he remembers it “like it was yesterday because my sticks got stolen after the game at the Toronto airport.”Lightning: C Anthony Cirelli made his season debut.
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