The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the Chicago Blackhawks twice in the next five days, starting on Friday night in Chicago.

Here’s a look at the practice lines from Thursday: Brandon Hagel - Anthony Cirelli - Nikita Kucherov Jake Guentzel - Brayden Point - Mikey Eyssimont Zemgus Girgensons - Nick Paul - Conor Geekie ...

The Blackhawks entered the game with the fifth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league. But the Lightning netted PPGs on a ...

Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Nick Paul and Mitchell Chaffee also scored and Victor Hedman had two assists to help the Lightning end a two-game skid. Jonas Johansson had 11 saves.

Mikey Eyssimont was moved to the second line with Jake Guentzel and Brayden Point. With games happening almost every other night this month, the Lightning had two consecutive days off this week.

Jake Guentzel’s tying 6-on-4 goal with 40.8 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime, and Nikita Kucherov capitalized on a 4-on-3 power play to open OT, scoring the winner 58 seconds in.

Last season, the Carolina Hurricanes made a blockbuster trade acquiring Jake Guentzel in a deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sure, Guentzel was a rental, but he was going to give them a better ...

Dubas is referencing last season's trade deadline period, where he traded perennial 30-goal scorer Jake Guentzel for a handful of prospects and forward Michael Bunting. Since then, every move has ...