Lightning Extend Home Perfection With Win Over Blackhawks

The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 in Tampa on November 5, continuing their unbeaten start at home. The win lifted Tampa Bay’s overall record to 10-3-2, while Chicago fell to 4-12-1 and remained winless on the road at 0-7-1.

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves for the Lightning. Chicago’s only goal came from Roman Kantserov with 49 seconds remaining. Arvid Soderblom stopped 31 shots for the Blackhawks.

Victor Hedman scored first on Tampa Bay’s power play 4:12 into the first period. Mikheyev added a goal with 1:38 left in the opening frame. Ryan McDonagh scored on a slap shot early in the third, and Mikheyev tipped in his second of the game at 5:07. The goal was his fourth of the season; Hedman’s opening strike was his fourth.

Chicago is scheduled to visit Carolina on Saturday night. Tampa Bay will play at Minnesota that night, beginning a four-game road trip.