Brandon Hagel scored three goals and added an assist to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Saturday. Hagel broke a late tie with a wrist shot before adding an empty-net goal in the final two minutes to seal the win.
Tampa Bay built an early advantage in the first period. Jake Guentzel opened the scoring at 5:45 with an unassisted wrist shot. Hagel then doubled the lead at 15:42, converting a wrist shot off assists from Victor Hedman and Max Crozier. New York answered early in the second period when Tony DeAngelo scored his first goal of the season on a wrist shot at 6:27.
Guentzel responded for the Lightning on the man advantage at 7:54, scoring his second wrist shot of the game off passes from Nikita Kucherov and Hagel. The Islanders rallied to even the score before the second intermission. Jean-Gabriel Pageau tallied his first goal of the season with a snap shot at 11:41, and Brayden Schenn converted a power-play tip-in at 19:53 to make it 3-3. Hagel settled the game in the third period, snapping the tie at 18:16 before sliding home an empty-net snap shot at 18:37.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves on 23 shots to earn the win for Tampa Bay, while Ilya Sorokin stopped 21 of 25 shots in the loss. The Lightning finished 1 for 4 on the power play, while the Islanders converted 1 of their 2 opportunities.
The victory extended the Lightning winning streak to four games and brought their regular-season record to 4-1-0. New York moved to 2-3-0 on the season following the defeat.
Both teams return to the ice on Tuesday, October 20. The Lightning visit the Vegas Golden Knights at 10:30 PM ET, while the Islanders host the Anaheim Ducks at 7:00 PM ET.
