Chicago Blackhawks at Tampa Bay Lightning

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Chicago Blackhawks

16-29-5

Final
4 - 1

Tampa Bay Lightning

26-20-3

Connor Bedard's spectacular goal sparks Blackhawks to 4-1 win over Lightning

Connor Bedard scores off a preposterous shot

Landon Slaggert, Ryan Donato and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Chicago, which won for just the third time in 18 games this season when trailing after the first period.

The 19-year-old Bedard, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, sparked the Blackhawks on a power play midway through the second. He drifted to near the bottom of the right circle before firing a shot through a tiny window that got past goaltender Jonas Johansson and hit the left post for his 14th goal of the season.

Johansson finished with 16 saves. Brayden Point scored early in the first period for Tampa Bay, which has lost four of five.

Slaggert put the Blackhawks ahead late in the second and Donato scored midway through the third. Teravainen added an empty-netter.

Takeaways Blackhawks: Chicago snapped a seven-game skid on the road (0-6-1), winning for the first time since Dec. 9 at the New York Rangers. ... The Blackhawks beat Tampa Bay in regulation for just the second time in the past 16 meetings.

Lightning: G Andrei Vasilevskiy missed the game with an illness, and 27-year-old emergency backup Kyle Konin dressed for his fourth career NHL game. ... Tampa Bay’s four-game home winning streak ended.

Key moment Chicago had a 5-on-3 power play that lasted 1:37 but failed to capitalize. However, Bedard scored with 5 seconds left on the second half of the man advantage.

Key stat After going 3 for 3 on the power play against Chicago on Friday, the Lightning went 0 for 3 on Tuesday.

Up next The Blackhawks play at Carolina on Thursday, when the Lightning host Los Angeles.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:34	Brayden Point Goal (28) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (51), Jake Guentzel (25)
Goal	2nd Period 10:19	Connor Bedard Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jones (17), Nick Foligno (11)
Goal	2nd Period 18:14	Landon Slaggert Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Lukas Reichel (11)
Goal	3rd Period 8:02	Ryan Donato Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Seth Jones (18), Philipp Kurashev (4)
Goal	3rd Period 19:03	Teuvo Teravainen Goal (11) Wrist Shot, assists: Jason Dickinson (8)

Statistics

CHI		TB
16	Blocked Shots	12
17	Hits	11
5	Takeaways	0
21	Shots	35
1	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
22	Faceoffs Won	32
40.7	Faceoff Win Percent	59.3
18	Giveaways	25
7	Total Penalties	6
17	Penalty Minutes	15