STAMKOS SHINES AS TAMPA TAKES 2022 STADIUM SERIES IN MUSIC CITY
Steven Stamkos (1-2—3) factored on all three Lightning goals, which included scoring the game winner at 11:31 of the third period, as Tampa Bay edged Nashville to triumph in the 2022 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series before a sellout crowd of 68,619 at Nissan Stadium. Only six regular-season outdoor NHL games have featured a larger attendance.



* Stamkos (25-34—59 in 50 GP), already the franchise’s all-time leader for three-point outings (83) and game winners (68), reached 25 tallies for the 11th time in his NHL career and surpassed Martin St. Louis (10) for sole possession of the most 25-goal seasons in club history.

* Stamkos became the third NHL player to factor on each of a franchise’s first three all-time outdoor game goals, joining Steve Staios with Edmonton (2003 HC) and Martin Havlat with Chicago (2009 WC).

MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM NASHVILLE

* Country music superstars Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley headlined the 2022 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series by sharing the stage during a first intermission performance at Nissan Stadium.



* The Lightning and Predators put their own twists on cowboying up their arrival attire for the NHL’s first-ever outdoor game in Music City.



* The Predators and NHL announced plans to build a brand-new ball hockey rink at Nashville Inner City Ministry as a legacy to the 2022 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series. In addition, 400 kids also received free NHL STREET equipment and tickets to the outdoor game courtesy of Enterprise.

MARNER NETS FOUR GOALS, SIX POINTS IN 17-GOAL THRILLER
After Mitchell Marner (4-2—6) and the Maple Leafs took a 7-2 lead into the third period, the Red Wings scored five times in a span of 7:10 – which featured coming within one goal from erasing a five-goal deficit – before Toronto responded with three goals of its own in a thrilling frame that included eight combined tallies.

* Toronto concluded the contest with 10 goals, marking the club’s highest single-game total in 15 years when the Maple Leafs secured a 10-2 win over the Bruins on Jan. 4, 2007.

* Marner (4-2—6) joined Florida’s Mason Marchment (2-4—6 on Jan. 31) as the second player this season to record a six-point outing and became the first Maple Leafs skater to do so since Mats Sundin on April 11, 2006. Only two players in franchise history have recorded more points in a game: Darryl Sittler (6-4—10 on Feb. 7, 1976 & 3-4—7 on Oct. 14, 1978) and Corb Denneny (6-1—7 on Jan. 26, 1921).

* Marner, who set a career high for goals and points in a game, scored a natural hat trick in a span of 8:46 in the second period – his first career three-goal outing – and became the fifth different Maple Leafs player in the past 25 years to score three times in a single frame.

* Michael Bunting (1-4—5), who scored a hat trick in Toronto's last meeting against Detroit on Jan. 29, became the ninth rookie in franchise history to record a five-point game and the first in the NHL expansion era (1967-68). The last Maple Leafs player to do so was Kent Douglas on Dec. 15, 1962 (1-4—5).

RYAN SCORES FIRST CAREER HAT TRICK IN OILERS VICTORY
With each of the NHL’s top three point-getters on the ice in Florida, it was 35-year-old Oilers forward Derek Ryan who stole the show and led Edmonton to victory against the Atlantic Division-leading Panthers. Ryan, who entered Saturday with four goals in 47 games in 2021-22, scored his first career hat trick and became the eighth player in League history to achieve the feat at age 35 or older.

BHM SPOTLIGHT: BLACK HOCKEY HISTORY TOUR VISITS TENNESSEE STATE
The NHL Black Hockey History Tour made history itself on Friday when it stopped at Tennessee State University, marking the first time the mobile museum that celebrates Black achievement in hockey visited a historically Black college campus (HBCU) in the United States. Tennessee State is considering whether to become the first historically Black college or university to establish NCAA Division I men’s and women’s hockey programs.

* CLICK HERE for the full NHL.com story from William Douglas.

QUICK CLICKS

* Saturday’s edition of #NHLStats: Live Updates

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* Stadium Series between Predators, Lightning smashing success in Nashville

SIXTEEN TEAMS FEATURED ON SUNDAY SLATE

A total of 16 teams are in action Sunday, with the eight-game slate opening at 1 p.m. ET when the Hurricanes (36-11-4, 76 points) welcome the Oilers (29-20-3, 61 points) to PNC Arena. Carolina, which ranks second in the NHL standings, has earned points in each of its last five games against Edmonton dating to Jan. 20, 2019 (4-0-1).