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Video: Steven Stamkos nets NHL record fifth OT goal

Steven Stamkos

Tampa Bay Lightning’s Steven Stamkos, left, drives past New York Rangers’ Marian Gaborik during the first period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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After falling a game short of the Stanley Cup finals in 2011, the Tampa Bay Lightning were officially eliminated from the playoffs this weekend. As you probably know, not much has gone well. Their defense fell apart - literally and figuratively. Vincent Lecavalier dealt with another extended injury and Dwayne Roloson showed his age worse than Kathleen Turner this season.

Aside from the clockwork-like productivity of Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos has been far and away the bright spot for the Lightning in 2011-12. He already set a new franchise mark for goals in one season and now he broke an NHL record, as Stamkos collected his fifth OT tally of the season on Saturday.

“When you think of how long the NHL has been around, to have a record to call my own, at least for now, is amazing,” Stamkos said. “Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought about scoring this many goals in a season and setting a record for the most overtime goals. Obviously I’d have loved to do this in a season where we were competing for a Stanley Cup.”

It’s still quite the interesting accomplishment - and evidence that other NHL teams might want to avoid playing against the Lightning in 4-on-4 situations in the future.

Check it out below:

With his special season in mind, I have to ask: is Stamkos the least-discussed superstar in the NHL right now? You just don’t hear his name often in “best in the world” discussions, and aside from his team’s sorry state and non-traditional market, I can see any clear reason why.

(It’s probably because of those two things.)