Tampa Bay has won 13 of 14 overall and eight of nine on the road. The Lightning have won 10 of the past 13 meetings with Chicago, and the last six on the road. Tampa Bay beat San Jose 4-1 on Tuesday when Brandon Hagel scored two goals, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 of 23 shots. The Lightning have allowed only 2.0 goals per game their past 10, and they are on a 5-1-1 UNDER run. They have gone UNDER seven straight against the Central Division, and five of the past seven meetings with Chicago have stayed UNDER. The Blackhawks have lost four of five home games and gone UNDER in four of six overall. Chicago is 13-40 in its past 53 games playing on no rest, and it had to go to a shootout to defeat Carolina 4-3 last night. Vasilevskiy is 21-7-3 and Chicago's expected starter, Arvid Soderblom, is 5-8-1 this season. Take the Lightning and the UNDER.
These Pro Picks were released to clients on January 23, 2026 at 12:11PM ET.
Tampa Bay at Chicago
January 23, 2026
2 units on Tampa Bay -268 (moneyline) (risk 2 to return 2.75)
Result:
WIN
WIN
1 unit on Game Total UNDER 6.5 -135 (risk 1 to return 1.74)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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