"Sitting at his locker following a three-goal performance, Marty St. Louis sat with his three sons on his knee while holding three pucks to pose for a postgame picture.

The snapshot served as a special reminder for St. Louis, who capped his 900th game Saturday with his fifth hat trick as Tampa Bay routed Florida 6-3 in front of an announced sellout crowd of 19,204 at The Forum.

The six goals scored was a season-high for the Lightning, and the win pulled Tampa Bay to within eight points of the Southeast Division lead behind Florida.

Vinny Lecavalier had a season-high four points, with a goal and three assists, while Steven Stamkos notched his league-leading 34th goal of the season to help the Lightning improve to 6-0-1 in its past seven games and reach the .500 mark for the first time since Dec. 31.

For St. Louis, who carried 4-year-old son Mason out on the ice with him when he was announced as the No. 1 star, everything just fell into place on what turned out to be a memorable night in his illustrious career.

"Weird things happen in situations sometimes," St. Louis said. "Of all the games I could have done something like this, it came in my 900th game. It's fun, on a weekend night when my kids are here. It's pretty exciting. … I'll remember this."