Tocchet was the Lightning coach from 2008-09, Stamkos' rookie season, until 2009-10.
"When I was here, he was an 18-year-old," Tocchet said. "I mean, you knew he was going to be a leader and a captain. Proud of him. For me it's the injuries he had to sustain throughout his career. Those are tough injuries and he's sustained the level that he has. And you've got some pretty good forwards that played for Tampa [Bay] for him to beat so it's a great record for him."
Lecavalier said, "Steven is the best goal scorer in Lightning history and now he has the record to prove it. How he's gotten to 384 -- all the adversity, scoring from all over the ice -- and still managing to set the record in a relatively small numbers of games is remarkable and further establishes [Stamkos] as one of the top goal scorers in the history of the game. It's an honor to call him a friend and a teammate."
Victor Hedman put the Lightning ahead 2-1 at 19:16 of the third period with his 10th goal of the season off a pass from Anthony Cirelli.
Cirelli made it 3-1 with a shorthanded empty-net goal at 19:15 of the third period and Yanni Gourde added a second empty-net goal at 19:51 for his 20th of the season.