The Lightning made it a victorious start to the road trip, defeating the Blackhawks 4-1 at the United Center on Tuesday.

Tampa Bay started slow and fell behind less than five minutes into the first period on a Seth Jones goal. That's all the Bolts would surrender, however, closing the game with four unanswered goals - including three in the third - to cruise to a fourth-straight win.

Playing against the Blackhawks for the first time since being traded to Tampa Bay at last year's deadline, Brandon Hagel had the primary assist on the game-winner and scored an insurance marker midway through the third for his 15th goal of the season.

Brian Elliott got the start between the pipes in the first half of the back-to-back and earned his eighth win of the season with 25 saves.

The Bolts now depart for Minnesota, where they'll face the Wild on Wednesday.

Scoring Summary 1st Period CHI 1, TBL 0 4:50 Seth Jones (2) - Taylor Raddysh, Max Domi - PPG Taylor Raddysh found Seth Jones wide-open at the backdoor for a tap-in power play goal that gave Chicago the lead less than five minutes into the first period.

CHI 1, TBL 1 11:24 Pat Maroon (2) - Victor Hedman A Chicago clearing attempt was held in the offensive zone by Victor Hedman along the far wall. Hedman fired a shot toward the Blackhawks net and Pat Maroon fought to get positioning in front to tip it past Alex Stalock to draw the Lightning level.

3rd Period TBL 2, CHI 1 7:11 Alex Killorn (12) - Brandon Hagel With his back turned to goal, Alex Killorn took a feed from Victor Hedman below the right circle. In one motion, Killorn managed to swing the puck to his forehand and chip it past Stalock, giving Tampa Bay the lead for the first time.

TBL 3, CHI 1 10:14 Brandon Hagel (15) - Brayden Point , Steven Stamkos - PPG Playing in his first game at the United Center as a visitor, Hagel scored a power play goal to give the Bolts some insurance midway through the third. Hagel got free from coverage at the near post and Brayden Point worked him the puck.

TBL 4, CHI 1 18:54 Nick Paul (14) - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare , Victor Hedman - ENG With Hagel in the box for holding, the Blackhawks opted to pull Stalock to create a 6-on-4 situation late in the third. Chicago never managed to set anything up and Nick Paul iced the game for Tampa Bay, chasing down a loose puck in the offensive zone and backhanding it into the empty net.

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