Hagel completes hat trick with 2 late goals as Lightning beat Islanders 5-3

Brandon Hagel scored two goals with just under two minutes left to complete his hat trick and help the Tampa Bay Lightning secure a 5-3 win over the New York Islanders on Saturday. Hagel also provided an assist and added a goal 21 seconds after the empty net went in. Jake Guentzel netted two goals for Tampa Bay, while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves as the Lightning clinched their first half of a brief two-game road trip to New York.

Despite trailing by two goals early in the second period, the Islanders tied the game at 3. Brayden Schenn scored a power-play goal in the final seconds of the period, after a deflection off Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak. In the first period, Guentzel opened the scoring for Tampa Bay, followed by Hagel's breakaway goal with less than five minutes remaining.

Tony DeAngelo scored the Islanders' lone goal, and Matthew Schaefer and Brayden Schenn added the other goals for New York. Ilya Sorokin made 21 saves for the Islanders. The Lightning will face the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, while the Islanders will host the Vancouver Canucks on the same night.