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

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Islanders: Game Highlights

Hagel, who also had an assist, scored the go-ahead goal with 1:44 remaining and an empty-net goal 21 seconds later.

Jake Guentzel scored twice for Tampa Bay, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves and the Lightning won the first half of their brief two-game New York road trip.

Tony DeAngelo, Matthew Schaefer and Brayden Schenn scored for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin finished with 21 saves.

The Islanders erased a two-goal deficit in the second half of the second period to tie the score at 3.

Schaefer used his skating to evade Anthony Cirelli along the blue line and create a shooting lane before firing a shot past Vasilevskiy to pull the Islanders within one.

In the final seconds of the period, Schenn attempted a cross-ice pass to Kyle Palmieri at the back post, but the puck deflected off Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak and into the net for a power-play goal that tied it at 3.

Guentzel opened the scoring 5:45 into the first period.

Hagel doubled Tampa Bay’s lead with less than five minutes remaining in the first, skating past Ryan Pulock and converting a breakaway.

DeAngelo pulled the Islanders within one at 6:27 of the second period with his first goal of the season, sending a wrist shot from the point over Vasilevskiy’s glove.

Guentzel scored his second of the game on the power play to give the Lightning a 3-1 lead.

Islanders defenseman Logan Stanley and Lightning forward Pontus Holmberg fought in the second period.

Up next Lightning: Visit New York Rangers on Tuesday night.

Islanders: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

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Regular Season Series

TB leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 5:45 Jake Guentzel Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 15:42 Brandon Hagel Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Victor Hedman (1), Max Crozier (1)
Goal 2nd Period 6:27 Tony DeAngelo Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Ondrej Palat (1)
Goal 2nd Period 7:54 Jake Guentzel Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Nikita Kucherov (6), Brandon Hagel (4)
Goal 2nd Period 11:41 Jean-Gabriel Pageau Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Schaefer (4), Tony DeAngelo (1)
Goal 2nd Period 19:53 Brayden Schenn Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Bo Horvat (2), Matias Maccelli (3)
Goal 3rd Period 18:16 Brandon Hagel Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Max Crozier (2), Ryan McDonagh (1)
Goal 3rd Period 18:37 Brandon Hagel Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Cirelli (1), Nikita Kucherov (7)

Statistics

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14 Blocked Shots 16
18 Hits 30
5 Takeaways 2
26 Shots 23
1 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 2
25.0 Power Play Percentage 50.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
25 Faceoffs Won 26
49.0 Faceoff Win Percent 51.0
14 Giveaways 18
3 Total Penalties 5
9 Penalty Minutes 13
New York Islanders New York Islanders Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Calum Ritchie, C Day-To-Day Oct 17
Matias Maccelli, LW Day-To-Day Oct 17
Mathew Barzal, C Injured Reserve Oct 15
Alexander Romanov, D Out Oct 7
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Yanni Gourde, C Injured Reserve Sep 28

Game Information

UBS Arena

Location: Elmont, NY
Attendance: 17,345 | Capacity:

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Boston 0 2 14 7
Tampa Bay 0 2 12 6
Ottawa 0 3 12 6
Florida 2 2 12 5
Buffalo 2 3 10 4
Montreal 1 3 9 4
Detroit 2 3 8 3
Toronto 2 4 8 3

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 1 1 15 7
NY Rangers 1 3 13 6
Washington 0 3 10 5
NY Islanders 1 3 9 4
New Jersey 0 4 8 4
Pittsburgh 1 5 7 3
Columbus 0 3 6 3
Philadelphia 3 6 5 1
Full Standings