Friday, 4 a.m.

For the longest time, Andrei Vasilevskiy looked like he was going to take you back to the history books.

Alas, Chicago scored a goal with 48 seconds left in a 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Blackhawks scored on their 25th shot of the game.

It would have been Vasilevksiy's 43rd shutout of his career, which would have moved him up to 43rd on the all-time list. It was Vasi's eighth win of the season (three losses, one overtime loss), giving him 378 in his career.

The Bolts didn't have much of a problem otherwise. Ilya Mikheyev scored two goals. Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonaugh also scored.

The Bolts are now 8-0 at Benchmark Arena. They are 10-3-2 overall.

Roman Kantserov scored the lone goal for Chicago.

Tampa Bay plays Satuday night at Minnesota's Grand Casino Arena at 8.

Wednesday, 4 a.m.

One of the most-often repeated observations of Jon Cooper is this: It isn't how many shots a goaltender stops. It's when.

Take Wednesday night's 4-2 victory by the Lightning over Detroit at Benchmark International Arena.

Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was superb in the third period of the game as he protected a 3-2 lead against a furious Detroit push. Three times, the Pistons were on a power play in the third.

Vasilevskiy ran his record to 7-3, stopping 19 of 21 shots.

The Bolts are now 7-0 on home ice.

Brayden Point scored two goals in the first period. Anthony Cirelli added another in the second period to make it 3-0. Ryan McDonaugh scored an empty-netter as the final horn sounded.

Nikita Kucherov had two assists.

The Bolts are home against Chicago on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Benchmark International.

Monday, 4 a.m.

What's the big deal about this new-fangled thing called the forward pass?

And it is it really necessary?

The Tampa Bay Bucs stampeded their way into a first-place tie Sunday, literally running over the Atlanta Falcons, winning 16-0 at Raymond James Stadium.

Bucky Irving had a career-high 170 yards, and teammate Kenneth Gainwell had his first 100-yard day with 140 more. In all, the Bucs ran for a staggering 324 yards against what had been the fourth-best rushing defense in the NFL.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield didn't complete a pass, throwing three incompletions and running four times. It was the first time since 1974 an NFL team has won without completing a pass.

"Listen, I will do whatever it takes to win," said Mayfield, who has thrown only 14 times in the last two weeks.

The Bucs' defense, meanwhile, intercepted Atlanta quarterback Michael Penix Jr. -- who went to high school in Tampa -- four times and allowed him to complete only one-third of his 24 passes.

Irving has 457 yards rushing over his last four games. His day could have been better had he not had the ball stripped from him just before he reached the end zone.

The heavy rains affected both teams. Perhaps that helps to explain why linebacker Alex Anzalone had two interceptions and Zyon McCollum and Jacob Parrish each had one.

"I didn't say we were not going to throw the ball -- the conditions told (Zak Robinson) that," Bucs' coach Todd Bowles said. "You could see it. It's a downpour and wind was blowing. You could kind of see the ball wasn't going anywhere."

Special teams also played well. Kicker Chase McLaughlin hit three field goals and punter Riley Dixon averaged 47.1 yards on his six punts and kicked four of them inside the 20.

Tampa Bay travels to Chicago to play the Bears on Sunday night at 8:20 at Soldier Field.