The Chicago Blackhawks played a solid game for all 60 minutes to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night. This was their first road win since beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Dec. 9, snapping a six-game losing streak.

Slaggert put the Blackhawks ahead 2-1 at 18:14 with a snap shot from the top of the left circle off a drop pass from Lukas Reichel. Slaggert was playing his first NHL game of the season, having been recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

The Chicago Blackhawks have seen a nice uptick in production from their young star Connor Bedard following a goal scoring drought in November. The phenom currently has 13 goals and 30 assists for a total of 43 points through 49 games in his second NHL season.

Chicago rookie Landon Slaggert gave Chicago their first lead of the night on a one-time shot from the top of the left faceoff circle. A Chicago shot missed the net wide but bounced around the front of the net to a waiting Ryan Donato, who extended the Blackhawks’ lead from the left side of the goal.

Slaggert put the Blackhawks ahead 2-1 at 18:14 with a snap shot from the top of the left circle off a drop pass from Lukas Reichel. Slaggert was playing his first NHL game of the season, having been recalled from Rockford of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

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Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy missed sat for Tampa Bay with an illness, and emergency backup Kyle Konin, 27, dressed for his fourth NHL game

The play started with Brayden Point flinging the puck into ... After the puck was rimmed into the corner and back out, Connor Bedard took it off the right-side wall. Three Lightning skaters ...

The New York Rangers missed a chance to get closer but didn't lose ground in the playoff race the past few days.

The Blackhawks, in return for Hagel, got two first-round picks (2023 and 2024), and two players (Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh). The 2023 first-round pick ended up turning into Oliver Moore. As for 2024, they used that first to move up two spots with the New York Islanders and they selected Sacha Boisvert.

For the second time in five days, the Chicago Blackhawks took on the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Tuesday night tilt, which took place at Amalie Arena, is the first of a three-game road trip for the Blackhawks,