The Lightning will retire the number 26 worn by the franchise’s all-time leading scorer, Martin St. Louis, Chairman and Governor Jeff Vinik announced today.

St. Louis, who becomes the first player in the history of the Lightning organization to have his jersey retired, played 972 games over 13 seasons with the team, tallying 365 goals and 588 assists for 953 points.

He will be honored on Friday, January 13, 2017, when the Lightning host John Tortorella and the Blue Jackets at AMALIE Arena.