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

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Hagel scored two goals with less than two minutes to play to complete his hat trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their winning streak to four games with a 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

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.

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Tampa Bay Lightning’s Brandon Hagel, left, skates with the puck against New York Islanders’ Ryan Pulock, right, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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.

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New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) stands in the goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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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New York Islanders’ Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) and Tampa Bay Lightning’s Anthony Cirelli (71) face off during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in Elmont, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

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