After Hedman passed Marty St. Louis (588) as the Lightning’s all-time assist leader, he joked that his record would be short-lived. Kucherov stands just 15 behind him (with 575 in 747 career games, compared to Hedman’s 590 in 1,075).

Saturday’s contest against Toronto wrapped up a busy stretch of five games over eight days, and the Lightning went just 2-3-0 in those contests. The three losses all occurred at home. This one came against a division rival that entered the game just two points ahead of the Lightning in the standings.

The Tampa Bay Lightning dropped their second game to the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, 5-3. A third-period comeback attempt made a sure win for Toronto into a nail-biter. However, the Maple Leafs’ second-period onslaught proved to be too much to overcome.