Lightning Ends Blackhawks Winning Streak, NHL Scores

Anton Stralman insisted the surging Tampa Bay Lightning didn't derive any extra satisfaction out of beating the Chicago Blackhawks to end a franchise-record 12-game winning streak for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

"No, not really," the veteran defenseman said after the Lightning extended a roll of their own to a season-best seven games with a 2-1 victory Thursday night. "It's all about our winning streak now."

Stralman's sixth goal of the season erased an early deficit and Nikita Kucherov snapped a second-period tie with his 20th goal for the Lightning, who will try to match the longest winning streak in club history Saturday night at Florida.

"This might have been our best game all season. We played for 60 minutes," Stralman said. "This is the way we want to play, obviously. This is how we can play."

Ben Bishop had 17 saves as the Blackhawks were held to a season-low 18 shots. Corey Crawford stopped 31 shots to keep the Blackhawks in the game, but it wasn't enough to extend a career-best nine-game winning streak for the Chicago goaltender.

"They were definitely the better team. We didn't generate much. We didn't get much traffic and pucks to the net and didn't get the offensive zone time we like," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "We had a few shifts, but they were few and far between."

The victory gave Tampa Bay split of the season series with the Blackhawks, who won last year's Stanley Cup final against the Lightning in six games.

Thursday, January 21 Scoreboard

Vancouver 4, Boston 2

New Jersey 6, Ottawa 3

Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3

Calgary 4, Columbus 2

Carolina 1, Toronto 0 (OT)

Tampa Bay 2, Chicago 1

Nashville 4, Winnipeg 1

Dallas 3, Edmonton 2

San Jose 3, Arizona 1

Minnesota 3, Los Angeles 0

Friday, January 22 Schedule (All Times Central)

Anaheim at Washington, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

NY Rangers at Carolinam 6 p.m.

NY Islanders at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 23 Schedule (All Times Central)

Vancouver at Pittsburgh, 11:30 a.m.

Minnesota at San Jose, 3 p.m.

Columbus at Boston, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Florida, 6 p.m

New Jersey at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Sunday, January 24 Schedule (All Times Central)

Pittsburgh at Washington, 11:30 a.m.

NY Rangers at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

Calgary at Carolina, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 9 p.m.