CHICAGO — Opening their three-game road trip Tuesday night against the league’s worst team, the Lightning had plenty of opportunities to pull away from the Blackhawks at the United Center, but found themselves going into the final period of regulation still deadlocked at 1.
Third period has been winning time for the Lightning, and Tampa Bay broke through with three goals for a 4-1 victory. The Lightning won for the ninth time in 12 games when tied after two periods.
In his first game back in Chicago after the deadline trade that sent him to the Lightning last season, Brandon Hagel set up Alex Killorn for a go-ahead goal at the 7:11 mark in the third, then scored on the power play with 9:46 remaining.
