Hagel hat trick lifts Lightning past Islanders for fourth straight win
Brandon Hagel broke a 3-3 tie with 1:44 left in the third and added an empty-netter as Tampa Bay beat New York 5-3 at UBS Arena.
Brandon Hagel settled a tied game with two goals 21 seconds apart late in the third period, completing a hat trick in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 5-3 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday at UBS Arena.
Hagel scored at 18:16 to put Tampa Bay ahead, then found the empty net at 18:37. He also assisted on one of Jake Guentzel’s two goals as the Lightning improved to 4-1-0 with their fourth consecutive victory.
Guentzel opened the scoring at 5:45 of the first period, and Hagel added another at 15:42. New York answered with three goals in the second period to erase the deficit.
Tony DeAngelo scored at 6:27 before Guentzel restored Tampa Bay’s two-goal margin on the power play at 7:54. Matthew Schaefer brought the Islanders within one at 11:41, and Brayden Schenn’s power-play goal at 19:53 sent the teams into the second intermission tied 3-3.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 23 shots for Tampa Bay. Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves on 25 shots before Hagel’s empty-net goal. DeAngelo finished with a goal and an assist for New York, which fell to 2-3-0 through 5 games.
