Hagel completes hat trick with 2 late goals as Lightning beat Islanders 5-3
Brandon Hagel scored two goals with under two minutes left to complete his hat trick and help the Tampa Bay Lightning secure a 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. The win extended the Lightning's winning streak to four games. Jake Guentzel netted two goals for Tampa Bay, while Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves.
The Islanders battled back from a two-goal deficit in the second period of the second half, tying the score at 3. Tony DeAngelo, Matthew Schaefer, and Brayden Schenn scored for the Islanders, while Ilya Sorokin stopped 21 shots. The Islanders evened the series at 1-1 with a win in their brief New York road trip.
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