Tampa Bay Lightning @ Chicago Blackhawks

16-11-2, 8-4-2 Away

12-11-6, 6-5-3 Home

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	11	6	2	1	2.31	.917
J. Johansson	5	4	0	0	2.85	.896

Blackhawks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
S. Knight	9	6	5	1	2.62	.914
A. Soderblom	3	5	1	0	3.92	.877

United Center

12:00 AM, 24 January 2026

Chicago, IL

CHI

Points

Nikita KucherovRW #86

34PTS

12G

22A

Connor BedardC #98

40PTS

18G

22A

Goals

Brandon HagelLW #38

17G

2PPG

87S

Connor BedardC #98

18G

5PPG

98S

Assists

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22A

6PPA

5+/-

Connor BedardC #98

22A

8PPA

6+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Curtis Douglas C	OUT	9 Dec
Dominic James C	OUT	9 Dec
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	IR	11 Dec
Ryan McDonagh D	IR	11 Dec
Erik Cernak D	IR	15 Dec

Chicago Blackhawks

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Laurent Brossoit G	OUT	10 Dec
Shea Weber D	IR-LT	1 Jul

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
TB	3.14	2.61	27.4	27.2	316	14	15.9	12	86.7	2	0
CHI	2.97	3.07	25.4	31.0	329	20	23.0	17	83.3	1	0

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/7/25	vsNYI	L2-0
12/5/25	vsPIT	L4-3
12/3/25	@NYI	L2-1
11/29/25	@NYR	W4-1
11/28/25	@DET	W6-3

Blackhawks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/8/25	@ANA	L7-1
12/7/25	@LA	L6-0
12/5/25	@LA	W2-1
12/3/25	@VGK	L4-3 SO
11/30/25	vsANA	W5-3

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

Blackhawks
3
Lightning
2

Game 1

23/10

Lightning
Blackhawks

Game 2

24/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	11	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	10	3	33
Detroit	15	11	3	33
Toronto	14	11	4	32
Florida	14	12	2	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Buffalo	11	13	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	21	2	6	48
Dallas	20	5	5	45
Minnesota	15	9	5	35
Utah	14	13	3	31
Chicago	12	11	6	30
Winnipeg	14	13	1	29
St. Louis	11	12	7	29
Nashville	10	14	4	24

Bill Daly: If Olympic ice unsafe, NHL players won't take part

Bill Daly told owners that he didn't believe construction issues with the ice hockey rink were "insurmountable," but that the league's bigger concern as it gets ready to send players to the Olympics for the first time in over a decade is the ice quality.

Aware of Olympic chatter, Blues' Binnington focuses on present

Jordan Binnington, the goaltender who backstopped Canada to a 4 Nations Face-Off title, is aware some Canadians might be concerned about his game as the Olympics near, but the 32-year-old veteran is focusing on the here and now with the St. Louis Blues.

Chicago Blackhawks send defenseman Sam Rinzel to AHL

The Chicago Blackhawks assigned struggling defenseman Sam Rinzel, 21, regarded as one of the team's best prospects who is in his second NHL season, to Rockford of the American Hockey League on Monday afternoon.

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Chicago Blackhawks

Goaltender Comparison

Game Information

Scoring Leaders

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Connor BedardC #98

Brandon HagelLW #38

Connor BedardC #98

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Connor BedardC #98

Injury Report

Team Stats

Regular Season Series

CHI leads 1-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Central Division Standings

NHL News

Bill Daly: If Olympic ice unsafe, NHL players won't take part

Aware of Olympic chatter, Blues' Binnington focuses on present

Chicago Blackhawks send defenseman Sam Rinzel to AHL