Lightning: Host Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night.Like, series-altering big. Stamkos scored with 2:10 remaining in regulation.īlackhawks: Visit Florida Panthers on Sunday afternoon. “He’s a good player, don’t get me wrong, but we just gave it to him,” Sergachev said. Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev said he and his teammates were to blame for Bedard's big night. If it had come, it would have been great.” “You play and you always want to score,' he said. He had a couple of wide-open chances for a hat trick, but couldn’t get another puck past Johansson.

Perry tipped in Bedard’s shot on a power play 2:12 into the second period for a 5-2 lead. Korchinski tied it at 16:43 with his first NHL goal, Bedard stole the puck from Kucherov and set up Johnson’s score at 17:38, then got credit for his second goal of the night and seventh of the season at 19:52 when a rebound of his shot hit Cirelli and slid past Johansson. But the Blackhawks closed the period with three goals in 3:07. Kucherov, who entered the game with an NHL-leading 22 points, put the Lightning back in front at 12:31. It paid off for him, and for us, tonight.” “He’s starting to really figure it out, use his skills to the best of his ability. “He’s new to the league he’s been here for a dozen games,” Richardson said. Good things happen when you play hard in the right way.”īedard, the top pick in the 2023 draft, has seven goals and 11 points in his first 12 NHL games. He’s not in there slashing he’s lifting sticks and disrupting things. “He was on the defenseman hard, and he has a good stick, good stick skills. “He created the whole first goal,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. Bedard tied it at 4:42, converting a pass from Philip Kurashev.

The Lightning controlled play for most of the first period, yet the Blackhawks led 4-2 at the break.Ĭirelli’s one-timer from the slot on the power play at 3:20 put Tampa Bay ahead 1-0. It’s tough to win if you’re going to continue to do that.” Turnovers, lack of execution and we just gave them freebies. “We gave the momentum back with our self-inflicted errors, plain and simple. “Listen, we had the momentum in this game clearly for the first 10-12 minutes, whatever it was,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. Nick Foligno had three assists and Petr Mrazek made 30 saves.Īnthony Cirelli, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos scored for the Lightning, who lost in regulation for the first time in seven home games this season (4-1-2).

Rookie defenseman Kevin Korchinski and ex-Lightning forwards Tyler Johnson and Corey Perry also scored for Chicago. “I felt like there were games when I could have created more than this and I had zero points. 'I think it’s just kind of sticking with it,” Bedard said of the biggest night in his young NHL career. The 18-year-old Bedard powered Chicago to its first win over the Lightning since a 4-3 shootout victory on March 5, 2021. (AP) - Top draft pick Connor Bedard had his first multi-point game with two goals and two assists as the Chicago Blackhawks beat Tampa Bay 5-3 on Thursday night to snap an eight-game losing streak against the Lightning.

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