LIGHTNING STRIKE NINE TIMES IN FIRST GAME SINCE GLOBAL SERIES
In their first game back from the
2019 NHL Global Series in Stockholm, Sweden, the Lightning erupted for
four goals in each of the first and second periods to become the
second team to score nine goals in a game this season.
* The Lightning’s four tallies in the first 6:42 of Thursday’s contest marked the fastest four goals to begin a game in franchise history. Additionally, only five teams in the last 25 years have accomplished the feat in that span or faster.
* Tampa Bay became the 79th team in NHL history to score at least four goals in each of their first two periods of a regular-season game and just the third in the last decade. The others: NYI (
Feb. 11, 2011) and STL (
Feb. 19, 2011), who accomplished the feat eight days apart.
* Thursday marked the second time the Lightning have featured five players each record at least three points in a game (
Nikita Kucherov: 1-3—4;
Steven Stamkos: 1-2—3;
Victor Hedman: 0-3—3;
Yanni Gourde: 1-2—3; and
Alex Killorn: 2-1—3). The other: Oct. 30, 2018 vs. NJD.
* Tampa Bay is the second team to feature five such players in a game in 2019-20, after Colorado achieved the feat seven days ago against the Predators on Nov. 7. The last team with more than five players with at least three points was Edmonton on
Nov. 19, 2011 vs. CHI (6).
* Thursday’s contest was the third game this season with 12 or more combined goals (including shootout-deciding goals). The others each featured 13 goals, when Tampa Bay recorded a 7-6 OT win at New Jersey on Oct. 30, while Colorado posted a 9-4 win vs. Nashville on Nov. 7.
