Home ice keeps looking like a fortress in Tampa.

Ilya Mikheyev scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Thursday at Benchmark International Arena to open the season 8-0-0 at home.

Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh also scored. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 25 shots as Tampa Bay improved to 10-3-2.

Revenge night for Mikheyev

Mikheyev spent the past two seasons in Chicago before signing a four-year deal with Tampa Bay in July. He beat Arvid Soderblom from above the left circle in the first then tipped in an Erik Cernak feed in the third.

Hedman opened the scoring on the power play at 4:12 of the first. McDonagh made it 3-0 early in the third with a slap shot off a Jake Guentzel pass.

Blackhawks skid hits five

Roman Kantserov scored late for Chicago (4-12-1) which has lost five straight. A second-period Frank Nazar goal was wiped out on review for a high stick.

Tampa Bay became the fifth team in 10 years to start a season with eight or more consecutive home wins. Brayden Point extended his point streak to six games.