It was also the 20th marker of the season for Johnson, who became the sixth Tampa Bay skater to reach the 20-goal milestone in 2017-18, joining Nikita Kucherov (34), Steven Stamkos (27), Brayden Point (27), Yanni Gourde (24) and Vladislav Namestnikov (20), who was traded to the New York Rangers four days after scoring his 20th of the season for the Lightning in Ottawa.
The Lightning are the only NHL team with six 20-goal scorers. And this 2017-18 squad is one of three Tampa Bay teams all-time with six 20-goal scorers along with the 2003-04 and 2005-06 teams.
"I think we have four solid lines that can really score. That's huge," Johnson said following Monday's practice session at AMALIE Arena when asked what it says about the team to have so many 20-goal scorers. "Especially come playoff time, you need that depth. We're having guys go up and down lineups just because we can play with everybody. We don't necessarily have the first or fourth line, set roles, that kind of thing. It's more about just playing. It's a great thing in our organization that we have that, and I think it speaks volumes how far our organization's come."