The Tampa Bay Lightning began their long road trip with a rare early-evening game against the Chicago Blackhawks. For a period it looked like it might be a long night for the Bolts, but a vicious outburst of offense early in the third period turned a close game into a 6-3 victory for the road team. Andrei Vasilevskiy ran his career record to 12-0 against Chicago with 24 saves, several of the spectacular variety.
Much of the offense came via the blue line as Victor Hedman had two goals with Cal Foote and Mikhail Sergachev also chipping goals.