Lightning Winless on Road and Marty’s 1000th game

The Lightning are returning home from their western road trip with one point on four games. For all the postives on this trip, they were not able to bring that into the game. Each game saw a landmark for a member of the team.

JT Brown got his first NHL goal in Phoenix.

Ben Bishop celebrated his birthday in San Jose

As all NHL fans now know, Marty St. Louis had is 1,000th career NHL game in Los Angeles.

In 1,000 games St. Louis, the little engine that could has 933 points, 913 in a Lightning uniform, including 348 goals and 585 assists. On top of those 585 assists, he had sixty-eight in one season tying him with Brad Richards in the 2010-2011 season when the Lightning made their way to the Eastern Conference Finals.

He is the 27th active player to skate in 1,000 or more NHL games (not including Chris Pronger) and the 45th college player in NHL history to accomplish the feat. St. Louis also becomes just the 16th undrafted NHLer to reach the 1,000 game plateau since the inception of the universal draft in 1969.

The Lightning will honour St. Louis’ achievements before their next home game on Monday, November 25 when they host the New York Rangers at 1930 hrs at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Before Monday night’s puck drop, St. Louis will be honored with a pregame presentation, commemorating his milestone.

Fans can purchase All-You-Can-Eat tickets in the terrace level for Monday’s game starting at $39 which includes unlimited hot dogs, popcorn, peanuts, nachos, soda and water. Additionally, there will be 500 Coke Zero tickets available for the game for a low cost of $12 each which also includes a free 12 ounce Coke Zero beverage.