The Tampa Bay Lightning buried the Chicago Blackhawks with 33 shots on goals in the second period, scoring three goals, en route to a 6-3 victory at the United Center on Sunday night.
Tampa had the first goal of the game as well when Nikita Kucherov scored just over three minutes into the first period. Chicago responded when Alexandre Fortin converted on a breakaway for the first goal of his NHL career.
And then the second period happened.
Tampa tied an NHL record with 33 shots on goal in the middle frame and — despite some incredible saves from Cam Ward that actually minimized the damage — tallied goals from Anthony Cirelli, Yianni Gourde and Brayden Point to take a 4-1 lead into the second intermission.