I want to preface my comments about this game by reminding everyone that the Tampa Bay Lightning came into this game on a 14-game point streak (13-0-1) and owned the best point percentage in the Eastern Conference (second in the NHL behind only Colorado). And the Blackhawks were playing the second half of a back-to-back.
If you wanted to be in bed at a reasonable hour, the first period of this game would have been great. We didn’t see a fifth faceoff until 12:39 into the game. There was only one goal, and it was scored by the Blackhawks. Fun times… except the Blackhawks were out-shot 8-4 in a period in which they had three power plays.
It took the Blackhawks more than 14 minutes into the second period to record a shot on net. Again: not ideal. You can only play with fire for so long before you get burned, and you especially can’t get stuck in your own zone for an extended period with Nikita Kucherov on the ice. He tied the game with 78 seconds left in the second period. The Blackhawks were officially out-shot 13-2 in the second period, but were tied at one going to the third.
The third period saw more of the Lightning dominating the puck, but the Hawks started to slowly get more chances in the final five minutes of the period. And, as was the case last night, 60 minutes wasn’t enough to decide this game.
It was former Blackhawks prospect Dominic James with the shootout winner.
Star 1: Arvid Söderblom
Shot attempts were 50-17 thru 40 minutes. Scoring chances were 29-8 after 40 minutes. High danger chances were 15-5 thru 40 minutes. The Blackhawks went 15:51 between shots on net. And yet, the game was tied at one after 40 minutes. As was the case in Carolina on Thursday night, the Blackhawks were playing a really good, veteran team that’s incredibly well coached and they were chasing a lot of the night. When that happens, your goaltender has to be good. Söderblom held the fort. He saved 29 of 30 in regulation. For as much as he’s been criticized lately, he had a great game tonight. He was the biggest reason this game required a shootout.
Star 2: Ryan Greene
Remember when Greene didn’t score a goal in December? He’s now scored three times in his last seven games. Greene’s goal in the first period was a pretty release against one of the better goalies in the league. Love to see the payoff for a young guy who’s continued to get chances and work even though the payoff wasn’t there for a while.
GOAL: Ryan Greene breaks free and beats Vasilevskiy to open the scoring pic.twitter.com/R0J6CSghwF
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) January 24, 2026Star 3: Penalty Killers
Once again, they were put to work too much. But they were perfect again.
Key Takeaways
You know what else I loved about the first goal of the night? Assists to Oliver Moore and Nick Lardis, both of whom made smart plays with the puck. Three young guys making things happen — again. Rookies continuing to make an impact for the Hawks. André Burakovsky was credited with two shots on net thru two periods. He was the only Blackhawks skater with more than one; the Hawks had six on net as a team. He was a turnover machine tonight, though. That’s been a bad trend lately. After seeing his ice time disappear in the third period after a few mistakes too many in Carolina, Artyom Levshunov led the Blackhawks in ice time (15:18) thru two periods tonight. It wasn’t always pretty, either. But the coaches are giving him chances to learn from his mistakes. Perhaps feeling like he was left out of the fun on Thursday night, captain Nick Foligno got after it with Jack Finley less than four minutes into the game. Nice scrap with Foligno taking the decision from the judges. Finley started it so the Blackhawks got a power play (that was not successful).HEAVY RIGHTS from Foligno in a tilt with Jack Finley pic.twitter.com/Hxhyot6jNT
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