Steven Stamkos scored his 1000th career NHL point, assisting on one of Nick Paul’s two goals in a 4-1 Tampa Bay Lightning win over the Philadelphia Flyers. Andrei Vasilevskiy had so much free time in this game, only having to stop 21 of 22 shots, he got himself an assist on Cole’s goal in the third period. Brandon Hagel also scored for the Lightning in the win.
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had three shots in nine minutes on the night he passed Antoine Roussel for the most NHL games played by a Frenchman. Bellemare spent some time away from the team earlier in the week to visit his ailing mother, who raised him and his four siblings alone in France, driving between countries on a regular basis so Bellemare could play hockey.