Lightning Beat Blackhawks 4-1 to Set Franchise Record for Home Start
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 at Benchmark International Arena on the night of November 5, extending their season-opening home winning streak to eight games and setting a franchise record for a home start. Tampa Bay became the fifth team in the past ten seasons to open a season with eight or more straight home wins.
Ilya Mikheyev scored twice, captain Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh added a goal each, Erik Cernak had two assists, and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 of 25 shots. Brayden Point added an assist to extend his point streak to six games.
For Chicago, Roman Kantserov scored the team's only goal late in the third period, with 49 seconds left, and goaltender Arvid Söderblom made 31 saves. Tampa Bay improved to 10-3-2; Chicago fell to 4-12-1 with its fifth straight loss. The Lightning open a four-game road trip at Minnesota on November 7.
Source: Tampa Bay Lightning
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Photo: Benchmark International Arena外的闪电队创办人Phil Esposito像（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 3.0）
