The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy will not play against the Chicago Blackhawks due to an illness. View the original article to see embedded media. With Vasilevskiy out,

Third period TBL 3, CHI 3 19:19 Jake Guentzel (25) - Kucherov, Raddysh - PP Guentzel redirected the game-tying goal into the Chicago net with 40 seconds remaining in regulation after a Nikita Kucherov pass.

Nikita Kucherov scored 58 seconds into overtime and had two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3.

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.

Kucherov’s game-winner came after Jake Guentzel tipped in his pass in front of the net to tie it 3-3 on the power play with 42 seconds remaining in the third period for the Lightning, who outshot the Blackhawks 17-1 in the period.

Nikita Kucherov capped a three-point outing with a power-play goal 58 seconds into overtime, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday.

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With games happening almost every other night this month, the Lightning had two consecutive days off this week. The month of January is coming to a close but before it ends, they have one more set of back-to-back games this weekend in Chicago and divisional matchup in Detroit.