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Welcome back to NHL Predictions. Each day, Last Word on Hockey takes a look at the games that are scheduled and offers insight and analysis to help predict who will be victorious in head-to-head matchups.

The Bolts have dominated its series with the Blackhawks since 2017, and our expert NHL predictions expect Tampa Bay's dominance to continue tonight at Chicago.

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Prediction for the NHL-1 match between Chicago vs Tampa Bay, which will take place on January 25th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the teams' conditions! Several betting options are available.

Limited cap space and draft capital could affect what the Maple Leafs and Lightning do by the NHL trade deadline, but there are areas where they clearly need a boost.

With games happening almost every other night this month, the Lightning had two consecutive days off this week. The month of January is coming to a close but before it ends, they have one more set of back-to-back games this weekend in Chicago and divisional matchup in Detroit.