Connor Bedard's spectacular goal sparks Blackhawks to 4-1 win over Lightning

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Connor Bedard scored from a seemingly impossible angle, Arvid Soderblom stopped 34 shots and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night.

Landon Slaggert, Ryan Donato and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Chicago, which won for just the third time in 18 games this season when trailing after the first period.

The 19-year-old Bedard, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, sparked the Blackhawks on a power play midway through the second. He drifted to near the bottom of the right circle before firing a shot through a tiny window that got past goaltender Jonas Johansson and hit the left post for his 14th goal of the season.

Johansson finished with 16 saves. Brayden Point scored early in the first period for Tampa Bay, which has lost four of five.

Slaggert put the Blackhawks ahead late in the second and Donato scored midway through the third. Teravainen added an empty-netter.

Blackhawks: Chicago snapped a seven-game skid on the road (0-6-1), winning for the first time since Dec. 9 at the New York Rangers. ... The Blackhawks beat Tampa Bay in regulation for just the second time in the past 16 meetings.

Lightning: G Andrei Vasilevskiy missed the game with an illness, and 27-year-old emergency backup Kyle Konin dressed for his fourth career NHL game. ... Tampa Bay’s four-game home winning streak ended.

Chicago had a 5-on-3 power play that lasted 1:37 but failed to capitalize. However, Bedard scored with 5 seconds left on the second half of the man advantage.

After going 3 for 3 on the power play against Chicago on Friday, the Lightning went 0 for 3 on Tuesday.

The Blackhawks play at Carolina on Thursday, when the Lightning host Los Angeles.

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Chicago Blackhawks left wing Landon Slaggert (84) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with left wing Nick Foligno (17) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Tampa Bay Lightning center Gage Goncalves (93) and Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Louis Crevier (46) chase a lookse puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Chicago Blackhawks center Jason Dickinson (16) breaks out ahead of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Nick Perbix (48) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Chicago Blackhawks center Ryan Donato (8) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with teammates, including, defenseman Seth Jones (4) and center Philipp Kurashev (23) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Chicago Blackhawks center Ryan Donato (8) fires the puck past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Jonas Johansson (31) for a goal during the third period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) celebrates his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning with center Ryan Donato (8) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent outfielder Max Kepler was suspended for 80 games on Friday following a positive test for a banned performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's drug program.

Kepler tested positive for Epitrenbolone, a substance that led to a suspension in 2018 for boxer Manuel Charr and caused the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to announced the following year it had disqualified 90-year-old cyclist Carl Grove from a world record he had set at the 2018 Masters Track National Championship.

Epitrenbolone is a metabolite of Trenbolone, which is contained in some products used in body-building stores and had been used in products to promote cattle growth.

Kepler, who turns 33 next month, is an 11-year major league veteran, who spent last season with the Philadelphia Phillies after playing his first 10 seasons with the Minnesota Twins.

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FILE - Philadelphia Phillies' Max Kepler during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)