TBL 6, TOR 4 19:23 John Tavares (29) – William Nylander, Conor Timmins Toronto opted to pull Jones late in the third and John Tavares rounded out the scoring, beating Tomkins with a shot from the right circle.

For the second time this season, a talented player has joined a select class of great players. On Wednesday night, Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player in National Hockey League history to reach 100 assists in a single season.

Auston Matthews came up empty in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season, but Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-4 on Wednesday night.