SALT LAKE CITY - Nikita Kucherov became the Tampa Bay Lightning’s all-time leading scorer Saturday when his 1,138th career point set the franchise record, but the milestone was overshadowed by a 5-4 overtime loss to the Utah Mammoth at the Delta Center that left the 33-year-old forward with mixed emotions.

“It’s fine,” Kucherov said of the record. “I mean, we just lost the game. Tough one, so I don’t even know what to think. But it means a lot. I appreciate everyone who’s played with me and been part of it. It means a lot.”

The record-breaking point came 12:42 into the first period on a Lightning power play, when Kucherov fired a shot pass from the right wall to the net and Brayden Point tapped the puck into the open cage to make it 3-1. Point’s goal was his 112th career power-play tally, tying Vincent Lecavalier for second most in franchise history - and it marked the fourth straight game Tampa Bay has scored on the power play.

“You’ve always got to be ready when Kuch has it, we know that,” Point said. “He puts the pass on my stick and it laid there for me, and I’m just able to whack it in.” Point added of Kucherov’s milestone: “To see him work at it and get it, no one’s more deserving than he is. He really puts in the work, and I’m really happy for him.”

The five-goal first period featured own goals from Jake Guentzel and Kailer Yamamoto that produced a 1-1 tie early, before Pontus Holmberg’s shot from the faceoff circle gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead. Utah’s Dylan Guenther answered with a power-play one-timer to close the frame at 3-2. Conor Geekie extended the Lightning lead to 4-2 on a breakaway roofed chance early in the second, but Utah rallied on goals from Anders Lee and defenseman Dmitri Simashev to tie the game. Simashev then buried the overtime winner on a 2-on-1 rush at the left post for his second goal of the night.

Goalie Dennis Hildeby stopped 23 of 28 shots for Tampa Bay, which outshot Utah 32 to 28. The Lightning went 1-for-3 on the power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill.

“We got off to a good start tonight. We had the lead and we gave that up, and that’s the hard part,” Point said. “But I thought our compete was better and our playmaking was better. It ended tough in overtime, but for the most part I liked our effort.”

The loss closed out Tampa Bay’s Western Conference road trip at 1-1-1, leaving the Lightning at 7-3-1 on the season. Coach Jon Cooper credited his team’s resilience across the three-game swing. “These are three playoff teams, and a lot of them are Stanley Cup contenders,” Cooper said. “We would’ve loved to get one more (point) tonight but…getting three, we’ll take it. It’s the back to back, the altitude, there’s a whole bunch of things that went into it. But I thought it was a pretty gutty effort.”

Tampa Bay returns home to host the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday at Benchmark International Arena.