Lightning's Stamkos scores 500th career goal
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- captain scored his 500th career goal in the 1st period against the on Wednesday. The 32-year-old center took a slick pass from and put a backdoor tap in past goalie to open the scoring 4:40 into the period. He's the third active skater to score 500 goals, following Washington's and Pittsburgh's Selected first overall by the Lightning in the 2008 draft, Stamkos has played all 15 seasons of his NHL career for Tampa Bay and amassed 1,022 points (500 goals, 522 assists) in 965 career games. Stamkos is the 47th player to reach 500 career goals and the 19th to accomplish the feat before playing in 1,000 games, per ESPN Stats & Information research....
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