Mikheyev scores twice against former team as Lightning beat Blackhawks

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice against his former team Thursday as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 at Benchmark International Arena to stay unbeaten at home.

Mikheyev put Tampa Bay up 2-0 late in the first period, shooting through a screen by Erik Cernak. The two combined again in the third when Mikheyev tipped in a pass from Cernak for a 4-0 lead. Cernak finished with two assists.

Victor Hedman opened the scoring on the power play at 4:12 of the first. Ryan McDonagh added a goal early in the third, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 of 26 shots.

Mikheyev played the previous two seasons for Chicago before signing a four-year, $15.4 million contract with Tampa Bay on July 1.

Roman Kantserov scored in the final minute for Chicago, extending his point streak to seven games. Arvid Soderblom made 31 saves for the Blackhawks, who fell to 4-12-1. Tampa Bay improved to 10-3-2 overall and extended its point streak to five games.