VANCOUVER — Over the years, Lightning captain Steven Stamkos has learned to calmly anticipate milestone moments. When he was younger, he used to lose sleep over them. But as he got older, he realized stress doesn’t help the cause and each mark will be reached in due time.
That didn’t make the anticipation of reaching 500 career goals easier.
Stamkos came within three goals of the milestone more than a month ago — Dec. 13 at home against Seattle — but since had struggled to score despite his best efforts and those of everyone around him.
