Summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to make history on home ice. On today's Daily Strike, Steve Versnick recaps Tampa Bay's 4-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, a win that extended the Lightning's franchise-record home winning streak to start the season to eight games. The Bolts are now 8-0 at home and have become just the fifth NHL team in the last decade to begin a season with at least eight consecutive home victories. The Lightning got contributions throughout the lineup, including another strong performance from Victor Hedman, who scored his fourth goal of the season and moved into a tie with Mattias Ohlund for the eighth-most power-play goals by a Swedish defenseman. It was also a milestone night for Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made the 600th start of his NHL career and improved to 8-3-1 on the season. Meanwhile, Ilya Mikheyev scored twice for the 12th multi-goal game of his NHL career, helping the Bolts pull away in the third period. Hear postgame reaction from Head Coach Jon Cooper, Erik Cernak, and Victor Hedman as Tampa Bay continues one of the best starts in franchise history. In Today's Episode: Full recap of the Lightning's 4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks The Bolts improve to 8-0 at home and extend their franchise-record home winning streak to start the season Ilya Mikheyev's two-goal performance, his 12th career multi-goal game Victor Hedman's fourth goal of the season and continued strong play Postgame reaction from Jon Cooper, Erik Cernak, and Hedman Andrei Vasilevskiy reaches 600 career starts and improves to 8-3-1 this season Zemgus Girgensons returns to the lineup after missing three games and picks up an assist Brayden Point extends his point streak to six games and moves one point away from 700 for his NHL career Preview of Saturday's road matchup against the Minnesota Wild Check out the new Hometown Remix collection now available at Benchmark International Arena and online This Day in Lightning History: Dominic James' first three-point NHL game in a 6-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025 Updates from the Syracuse Crunch and Orlando Solar Bears ahead of a busy hockey weekend The Lightning now head to Minnesota looking to stay hot and continue one of the best starts in the NHL. Subscribe to Daily Strike for daily Tampa Bay Lightning news, game recaps, player interviews, prospect updates, and everything happening around the organization. #TampaBayLightning #GoBolts #NHL #LightningHockey #AndreiVasilevskiy #IlyaMikheyev #VictorHedman #BraydenPoint #ZemgusGirgensons #ChicagoBlackhawks #DailyStrike #BoltsNation #HockeyPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.