On the same night Joe Thornton passed Steve Yzerman on the NHL's all-time assists list, one of the Sharks center's own records fell.
Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov tallied his 126th point (40 goals, 86 assists) of the season with an empty-net goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, and surpassed Thornton's mark from 2005-06 as the most in a season during the NHL's salary-cap era.
Nikita Kucherov styles on his empty-netter for his 40th goal of the season! #GoBolts pic.twitter.com/cdy6mjEtUJ
— FOX Sports Florida (@FOXSportsFL) April 5, 2019
Thornton scored 125 points in the first year after the NHL lockout that wiped away the entirety of the 2004-05 season.