Tampa Bay Lightning - NHL Hockey by the Numbers

# seasons – 28

Record – 985-947-112-150 2232

Playoff appearances – 13

Stanley Cups – 3

First player: Wendell Young G 1^st round 1992 NHL Expansion Draft (June 18^th, 1992).

First-ever Draft Selection: Roman Hamrlik 1992, 1^st overall

Highest Draft selection: Roman Hamrlik 1992, 1^st overall Vincent Lecavalier 1998, 1^st overall Steven Stamkos 2008 1^st overall

HOFers – Martin St. Louis

Retired #’s – #4- Vincent Lacavalier, #26- Martin St. Louis

Leaders

Games Played – Vincent Lecavalier, 1,037

Goals – Steven Stamkos, 439

Assists – Martin St. Louis, 588

Points – Martin St. Louis, 953

Plus/minus – Ondrej Palat, +132

Penalty Minutes – Chris Gratton, 828

Power Play Goals – Steven Stamkos, 165

Shorthanded Goals – Martin St. Louis, 28

Hat Tricks – Steven Stamkos, 9

Goalie Wins – Andrei Vasilevskiy, 190

Goals Against Average – Ben Bishop, 2.28

Save pct. – Ben Bishop, .921

Shutouts – Andrei Vasilevskiy, 26

Coaching Wins Leader – Jon Cooper, 384

Team Captains

Paul Ysebaert ‘95-98

Mikael Renberg ‘97-98

Rob Zamuner ‘98-99

Chris Gratton ‘99-00

Vincent Lecavalier ‘99-01 ‘08-13

Bill Houlder ‘99-00

Dave Andreychuk ‘02-06

Tim Taylor ‘06-07

Martin St. Louis ‘13-14

Steven Stamkos ‘13-

Quotables…

… The biggest thing I have learned is you can’t take anything for granted. You have to work as hard as you can every night, regardless.” – Martin St. Louis

… Why would I want four or five more inches? I use my speed.” – Martin St. Louis

“I’m a guy who works very hard, and if I want something bad enough, I’m going to do anything possible to get it.” – Steven Stamkos

Did you know…
… On May 10, 2021, the Tampa Bay Lightning skated the NHL’s 1^st all-black forward line (Mathieu Joseph, Gemel Smith, Daniel Walcott) vs Florida Panthers.
… The 1997-98 Tampa Bay Lightning had an NHL-record worst power play at 9.3%. … Upon winning their 2^nd-consecutive Stanley Cup in 2021, members of the Tampa Bay Lightning dented the top bowl of the Stanley Cup during their championship parade. The Cup had to be sent back to Montreal for repairs. The team the Lightning defeated to win the Cup… Montreal!
… The Tampa Bay Lightning have won three Stanley Cups in only 13 playoff appearances. They are 3-1 in trips to the Finals.
…The Lightning are nicknamed The Bolts, and played at The Thunderdome, and Ice Palace.
… Five different Tampa Bay Lightning players assisted on Martin St. Louis’ 1^st career hat trick (1- D. Boyle and D. Andreychuk, 2- V. Prospal, 3-B. Richards and F. Modin).
… Chris Kontos scored the first goal and first hat trick in Tampa Bay Lightning history when they won their debut game 7-3 over the Chicago Blackhawks.
… Chris Kontos scored 27 goals for the Lightning during their debut season. It was the only season he scored double-digit goals, and it was the last season of his career.
… Terry Crisp was the first coach in Lightning team history.
… Ruslan Fedotenko scored both goals in the Lightning’s 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames on 6/7/04 to win their first Stanley Cup.
… Ruslan Fedotenko has a tattoo of two Stanley Cups on his shoulder.