The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3 on Sunday afternoon. After a slow start, Tampa Bay found their footing and were able to escape with their 17th win of the season. Yanni Gourde was the star of the show, racking up four points, as well as the game-winning goal. Sunday’s performance was the first four-point game of the 29-year old’s career.
Takeaways
- Pat Maroon scored his 100th career NHL goal on Sunday.
- Connor Murphy (Blackhawks) was ejected for an illegal hit to the head on Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak (Erik Cernak sustained an upper-body injury).
- Tampa Bay had a season-high four goals with the man advantage.
- The Bolts extended their point streak to eight games.
- Lightning defenseman Andreas Borgman played in his first NHL game since Feb. 1, 2018.
- The Lightning outshot the Blackhawks 39-25.
- After Chicago found themselves up 3-0, the Lightning scored six unanswered goals.
Statline
Chicago Blackhawks:
Dominik Kubalik, 1 assist
Mattias Janmark, 1 goal, 1 assist
Philipp Kurashev, 1 goal
Pius Suter, 1 goal
Carl Soderberg, 1 assist
Patrick Kane, 1 assist
Kevin Lankinen, 33 saves, .846 SV%
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Mathieu Joseph, 1 assist
Pat Maroon, 1 goal
Alex Killorn, 1 goal
Ondrej Palat, 1 goal, 1 assist
Brayden Point, 1 assist
Ryan McDonagh, 1 assist
Yanni Gourde, 2 goals, 2 assists
Anthony Cirelli, 1 assist
Victor Hedman, 1 goal, 1 assist
Erik Cernak, 1 assist
Steven Stamkos, 1 assist
Mikhail Sergachev, 1 assist
Andrei Vasilevskiy, 22 saves, .880 SV%
Up Next
Tampa Bay travels to Detroit to face the Red Wings for the next two games. The Lightning currently sit at 17-4-2, first in the Central Division. Meanwhile, the Red Wings are 7-16-3, last in the Central Division. Puck drop is on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 PM EST.