Robby Fabbri, Troy Terry and Leo Carlsson score for the Ducks, who fall to 1-3-1 on their six-game trip when Guentzel scores the only goal for either team in the shootout to hand them a 4-3 defeat.
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Nick Paul and Mitchell Chaffee also scored and Victor Hedman had two assists to help the Lightning end a two-game skid. Jonas Johansson had 11 saves.
THROUGH GAMES OF WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29, 2025
After a brutal schedule of games in the month of January, the Lightning are back home at Amalie Arena for the foreseeable future ahead of the 4 Nations break. They'll open their five-game homestand with a matchup against the Chicago Blackhawks who they faced just last week.
The Blackhawks entered the game with the fifth-best penalty-kill percentage in the league. But the Lightning netted PPGs on a five-on-four, six-on-four, and four-on-three. As a result, they banked two crucial points in the standings.
The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the Chicago Blackhawks twice in the next five days, starting on Friday night in Chicago. The Lightning are 0-2 so far on their road-trip and would love nothing more than to grab two points.
Jake Guentzel’s tying 6-on-4 goal with 40.8 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime, and Nikita Kucherov capitalized on a 4-on-3 power play to open OT, scoring the winner 58 seconds in.
Last season, the Carolina Hurricanes made a blockbuster trade acquiring Jake Guentzel in a deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sure, Guentzel was a rental, but he was going to give them a better ...