Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Chicago Blackhawks, 6-4

That brings us to the end of a first period — Chicago Blackhawks 0, Tampa Bay Lightning 3. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 9-7, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Tyler Toffoli opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Lightning at 11:40, Lenni Hameenaho extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 14:35, and Anthony Cirelli extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 18:01.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Chicago Blackhawks went 0-for-2.

Chicago Blackhawks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild second period — Chicago Blackhawks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 15-6, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Jake Sanderson cut the deficit for Chicago Blackhawks on the power play at 0:39, Mats Zuccarello cut the deficit for Chicago Blackhawks at 12:05, Sam Dickinson extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 12:41, Pavel Buchnevich extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 13:53, and Kiefer Sherwood extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 19:41.

Joel Hofer was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Chicago Blackhawks went 1-for-1 while Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-2.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Chicago Blackhawks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 0. Shots were even at 10 apiece, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Leo Carlsson cut the deficit for Chicago Blackhawks at 9:27, then Mats Zuccarello cut the deficit for Chicago Blackhawks at 11:07.

Joel Hofer was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-1.

Chicago Blackhawks owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.