TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 5 vs. Arizona 3
The Tampa Bay Lightning collected a third-straight win to sweep their three-game homestand with a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on New Year’s Eve at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts improved to 23-11-1 on the season with a home record of 15-4-1…Tampa Bay has now won seven consecutive contests at AMALIE Arena…The Lightning fell into a 2-0 hole early on when ARI got back-to-back goals from Travis Boyd and Christian Fischer just 34 seconds apart at the 6:12 and 6:46 marks of the first period…Brayden Point got the Bolts back within one at the 10:53 mark of the first when he took a pass from Nikita Kucherov off his skate and batted the puck out of midair past Karel Vejmelka for his team-leading 21st goal of the season…Mikhail Sergachev tied the game at two with 10:44 remaining in the second period when he fired a shot from the point that deflected off the stick of Lawson Crouse and past Vejmelka with Point and Victor Hedman collecting the assists…After ARI unsuccessfully challenged for offside on the Sergachev goal, Tampa Bay went to the power play and took a 3-2 lead 28 seconds into the man advantage with Steven Stamkos hammering a one-timer past Vejmelka for his 498th career goal with Hedman and Kucherov collecting the helpers…Nick Bjugstad tied the game at three 1:32 after the Stamkos goal before Alex Killorn stole the puck at the Lightning blue line and beat Vejmelka on a breakaway with 1:01 remaining in the second period…After Josh Brown got sent off for boarding Nick Perbix, the Bolts made it a 5-3 game with Brandon Hagel redirecting a Hedman shot from the point with 15:34 remaining in regulation and Stamkos picking up the secondary assist…Andrei Vasilevskiy collected his third-straight win with 28 saves on 31 shots against.
PP: TBL – 2-3 ARI – 0-1
SOG: TBL – 35 ARI – 31
Attendance: 19,092
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Blackhawks are playing the first of two matchups this season and the only meeting at United Center…The Bolts posted a 2-0-0 record vs. CHI last season, outscoring the Blackhawks by a combined score of 11-5…Ross Colton (2-2—4) led all Lightning skaters in points vs. CHI last season and was tied with Victor Hedman (2-0—2) for the team lead in goals…Andrei Vasilevskiy started both games vs. CHI last season, posting a 2-0-0 record with a .900 save percentage and 2.50 goals against average…The Bolts are 8-0-2 in their last 10 road games at CHI and 9-0-1 in the last 10 meetings overall…Tampa Bay has scored three or more goals in 10 straight games vs. CHI…The Lightning have recorded at least one point in 10 straight games vs. CHI and 26 of the last 27 meetings with the Blackhawks…Tampa Bay has picked up at least one point in 13 straight games at CHI…Steven Stamkos has pointed in five straight games vs. CHI (2-5—7) and eight of his last nine contests against the Blackhawks (5-8—13)…Nikita Kucherov has points in five consecutive games vs. CHI (2-10—12)…Alex Killorn has recorded points in eight of his last 10 contests vs. CHI (7-6—13)…Brayden Point has picked up points in 14 of his 17 career games vs. CHI (9-13—22), including seven of his eight career contests at United Center (3-8—11)…Hedman has pointed in six of his last seven games at CHI (4-5—9)…Vasilevskiy is 13-0-0 in 13 career starts vs. CHI with one shutout, a .930 SV%, 2.14 GAA and two assists…Vasilevskiy’s 13 straight wins vs. CHI to start his career is tied for the third-longest win streak vs. a single opponent to start a career in NHL history…Brandon Hagel is playing his first game at United Center since being traded to the Bolts from CHI last season…Tampa Bay is 32-15-4 with five ties all-time vs. CHI, including a road record of 14-10-3 with two ties…Stamkos (16-15—31) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals and points vs. CHI.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. CHI
- Steven Stamkos – 31 pts. (16-15—31, 25 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 27 pts. (6-21—27, 26 GP)
- Brayden Point – 22 pts. (9-13—22, 17 GP)
T4. Martin St. Louis – 19 pts. (8-11—19, 15 GP)
T4. Alex Killorn – 19 pts. (7-12—19, 23 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of a three-game road trip tonight…The Bolts will play eight of their 13 games in January on the road…The Lightning are 5-0-0 against Central Division opponents this season…Tampa Bay is 8-7-0 on the road this season…The Bolts are playing the first game of a back-to-back set and are 4-2-0 in the first half of back-to-backs this season…The Lightning have allowed just two power-play goals over their last 13 games, going 32- for-34 (94.1%) on the penalty kill during that stretch.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 80
Current Injuries:
Rudolfs Balcers (Upper-body injury; Out indefinitely) 15 Games
TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 2 – Signed D Nick Perbix to a two-year contract extension
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S BROADCAST INFORMATION
TV: NBCSCH – Chris Vosters (PxP), Patrick Sharp (analyst) and Colby Cohen (analyst)
RADIO: WGN-AM 720 – John Wiedeman (PxP) and Troy Murray (analyst)
SPANISH RADIO: Univision Sports Radio 1200 AM – Miguel Esparza (PxP) and Jorge Moreno (analyst)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 6 vs. ARI, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH+, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Sunday, Jan. 8 vs. CGY, 6:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Thursday, Jan. 12 vs. COL, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. SEA, 7:00 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
Tuesday, Jan. 17 vs. BUF, 7:30 p.m. CT (NBCSCH, WGN Radio, Univision (Spanish))
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 19 – Activated Alex Stalock off IR and assigned Arvid Soderblom to Rockford … Placed Jarred Tinordi on IR and recalled Isaak Phillips from Rockford … Dec. 13 – Activated Tyler Johnson off IR and assigned Filip Roos to Rockford … Dec. 12 – Activated Petr Mrazek off injured reserve and assigned Jaxson Stauber to Rockford … Dec. 7 – Assigned Lukas Reichel to Rockford … Dec. 6 – Recalled Lukas Reichel and placed Petr Mrazek on IR … Dec. 1 – Recalled Ian Mitchell from Rockford and placed Jarred Tinordi on IR.
LAST TIME OUT
Score: Chicago (2) vs. San Jose (5) – Sun., Jan. 1 – United Center
CHI Goals: Kane (7), Lafferty (4)
SJS Goals: Gadjovich (2), Vlasic (1), Barabanov (6), Meier (21), Svechnikov (4)
Goalies: CHI – Mrazek (23/28, 59:37) SJS – Kahkonen (20/22, 59:53)
CHI PP: 0/3; PK: 3/3
SJS PP: 0/3; PK: 3/3
Recap: The Blackhawks dropped a 5-2 decision to the San Jose Sharks on Sunday at the United Center … Patrick Kane and Sam Lafferty scored the first two goals of the game … Lafferty has points (1G, 1A) in consecutive games … Andreas Athanasiou tallied an assist on Lafferty’s goal, also giving him points in back-to-back games (1G, 1A) … Reese Johnson posted a season-high six hits … Connor Murphy registered a game-high four blocked shots.
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
The Blackhawks and Lightning face off in the first of two matchups this season … Chicago went 0-2-0 against Tampa last year … Seth Jones tallied an assist in the Blackhawks’ last game against Tampa and has four points (1G, 3A) in his last six games against them … Patrick Kane has nine points (2G, 7A) over his last nine against the Lightning, including three multi-point efforts … Max Domi has seven points (2G, 5A) over his last seven contests against TBL, including three multi-point efforts … Tyler Johnson won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021 … Both Taylor Raddysh (44th overall) and Boris Katchouk (58th overall) were drafted by Tampa in the 2016 NHL Draft.
2022-23 Schedule/Results: HOME: Jan. 3 | AWAY: March 11
All-Time Record: 19-24-13 Home: 13-12-4 Road: 6-12-9
Last Home Win: March 5, 2021 (4-3 SO) Last Road Win: Feb. 27, 2020 (5-2) Last Home Loss: March 6,
2022 (3-6) Last Road Loss: April 1, 2022 (2-5)
ACTIVE BLACKHAWKS VS. TBL ALL-TIME
GOALS: Patrick Kane, 10; Jonathan Toews, 9; Max Domi, 5
ASSISTS: Patrick Kane, 21; Max Domi, 10; Jonathan Toews, 7
POINTS: Patrick Kane, 31; Jonathan Toews, 16; Max Domi, 15
BLACKHAWKS RECORD ON…
One-Day Rest: 6-9-1
Two-Days Rest: 0-4-0
Three+ Days Rest: 1-2-1
First Game of a B2B: 1-4-1
Second Game of a B2B: 0-5-1
BLACKHAWKS RECORD BY DAY
Monday: 0-1-0
Tuesday: 1-4-0
Wednesday: 0-5-0
Thursday: 1-4-1
Friday: 2-2-1
Saturday: 3-3-1
Sunday: 1-5-1
