Blackhawks Fall to Lightning Following 5-Round Shootout
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The Chicago Blackhawks battled the NHL’s hottest team to the wire Friday night but fell short in a 2-1 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
It was a long weekend of road hockey for the Tampa Bay Lightning, with a pair of games that saw two different styles of play—Tampa Bay fought hard but saw one of the longest point streaks in franchise history come to an end with a back-to-back split.
The Tampa Bay Lightning (31-13-4, 66 pts) travel to the United Center to face the Chicago Blackhawks (21-22-7, 49 pts) in a Friday night NHL matchup.
Jordan Kyrou scored the only goal in a shootout Friday night and the St. Louis Blues beat Tampa Bay 3-2 to snap the Lightning’s franchise record-tying 11-game winning streak. Kyrou’s backhand shot beat Andrei Vasilevskiy.