After Hedman passed Marty St. Louis (588) as the Lightning’s all-time assist leader, he joked that his record would be short-lived. Kucherov stands just 15 behind him (with 575 in 747 career games, compared to Hedman’s 590 in 1,075).

Saturday’s contest against Toronto wrapped up a busy stretch of five games over eight days, and the Lightning went just 2-3-0 in those contests. The three losses all occurred at home. This one came against a division rival that entered the game just two points ahead of the Lightning in the standings.

Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel also scored and Jonas Johnasson made 29 saves for the Lightning, who have won two of three. Roman Josi scored twice and Juuse Saros made 25 saves for Nashville, losers of three straight. Josi scored the game’s first goal ...