Chicago rookie Landon Slaggert gave Chicago their first lead of the night on a one-time shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. A Chicago shot missed the net wide but bounced around the front of the net to a waiting Ryan Donato, who extended the Blackhawks’ lead from the left side of the goal.

But Blackhawks star Connor Bedard scored the tying goal with five seconds left on Chicago’s one-man-advantage with a remarkable tight-angle shot that found a tiny opening between goaltender Jonas Johansson’s left shoulder and the crossbar.

Landon Slaggert’s offensive game isn’t all that nuanced. To the Chicago Blackhawks forward, scoring goals is pretty much black-and-white. Or, better yet, blue. “Just getting to the blue paint,” he said hours before he was set to make his NHL season debut Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Nikita Kucherov scored 58 seconds into overtime and had two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3.

Landon Slaggert scored the go-ahead goal in his season debut as the Chicago Blackhawks opened a three-game Eastern Conference road trip with a 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

WGN Radio’s Charlie Roumeliotis breaks down the Blackhawks’ 4-1 upset win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Troy Murray joins the discussion from Amalie Arena to talk about Chicago’s

Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Lightning came into their game on Tuesday against the Blackhawks hoping to make it two wins over them in seven days, as they defeated Chicago 4-3 in overtime last week.

The Blackhawks, in return for Hagel, got two first-round picks (2023 and 2024), and two players (Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh). The 2023 first-round pick ended up turning into Oliver Moore. As for 2024, they used that first to move up two spots with the New York Islanders and they selected Sacha Boisvert.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks due to an illness. With Vasilevskiy out, the Lightning also announced ...

They'll open their five-game homestand with a matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks who they faced just last week. The Lightning won last Friday’s game in Chicago 4-3 in overtime.

After struggling to convert scoring changes, Tampa Bay has just 1 goal through the first 2 periods but makes it stick.