Martin St Louis had a night to remember for the Lightning Thursday. Nearly everything the 5-foot-9 All-Star forward got a stick on resulted in a goal as Tampa ran out 6-4 winners over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Steven Stamkos and Vincent Lecavalier added third-period goals, but St Louis had already done the damage in the first period, firing his side to a 4-1 lead.
The Lightning scored four times in a 4:13 span, the second-fastest that has been done in franchise history. St Louis assisted on the first three and scored the fourth on a power play with a backhander over Vesa Toskala's shoulder.
Ryan Malone scored twice in a 54-second span in the first, and Mark Recchi also scored. "Marty definitely had a different gear than everybody out there," Malone said. "He was buzzing."
Stamkos, the No1 overall pick in the draft last summer, scored on a power play to give Tampa Bay a 5-3 lead at 6:01 of the third, and Lecavalier added his team-high 25th goal with 6:32 left.
Lee Stempniak scored twice for Toronto, and Niklas Hagman and Nikolai Kulemin added goals.
But the night belonged to one man only - and after a shaky run from the Lightning, here's hoping St Louis can keep it going.
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