Chicago Blackhawks need to finally beat Tampa Bay Lightningon February 27, 2020 at 4:00 pm

They are led at forward by some absolute studs. Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, and Brayden Point are some of the league’s best offensive players. Then there are some great depth guys like Tyler Johnson, Ondrej Palat, and Blake Coleman. Their defense is as good as ever led by Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh. Then, to top it all off is an elite goalie named Andrei Vasilevskiy.

On top of all those great players is pure regular season domination against Chicago. The Hawks are 0-6-2 in their last eight meetings against the Lightning. They are an abysmal 1-6-2 since defeating the Lightning in the 2015 Stanley Cup Final. Since that series, the Lightning has gotten better while the Hawks have gotten worse. Obviously, the Hawks won those three Stanley Cups so paying for it now isn’t all that bad although the momentum could have been carried on if the GM made better decisions.

This game means a lot for Tampa Bay in terms of their Atlantic Division title race and almost nothing for the Blackhawks. All that matters at this point is the right guys feeling well about their games going into next year and being motivated enough to try and play spoiler against a really good team.