Brandon Hagel scored a hat trick, including the go-ahead goal late in the third period, as the Lightning rallied for a 5-3 win over the Islanders at UBS Arena on Saturday.
Brandon Hagel scored a hat trick to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Saturday. After the Islanders overcame an early deficit to tie the game 3-3, Hagel broke the deadlock with a late third-period goal before adding an empty-netter to secure Tampa Bay's fourth consecutive victory.
Jake Guentzel contributed two goals for the Lightning, while goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 shots in the win. The Islanders mounted their comeback in the second period with goals from Tony DeAngelo, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, and Brayden Schenn against Ilya Sorokin's squad before Hagel's decisive late heroics.
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