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Recap - Lightning Defeat Chicago 3-1

Tampa Bay got a pair of goals from Brayden Point as the Lightning skated to a 3-1 victory over Chicago on Saturday at Amalie Arena.

The Lightning were a -465 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Brayden Point(2), and Brandon Hagel each scored for the Lightning in the victory. Point opened the scoring for Tampa Bay.

Brian Elliott stopped 22 of 23 Chicago shots in the victory.

Taylor Raddysh scored for the Blackhawks, finding the net behind Brian Elliott.

Petr Mrazek stopped 34 of 36 shots for the Blackhawks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Tampa Bay went 0-for-1, while the Blackhawks were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Chicago lost the shots on goal battle to Tampa Bay by a margin of 37-23.

Tampa Bay heads into a battle against the Jets. Chicago, meanwhile, will have their next action against Boston.