The Lightning finally had some breathing room. That proved to be important when the Kings received a power play at 17:03. They pulled Rittich for an extra attacker. The Lightning held Los Angeles to only one SOG during the six-on-four (a long-range attempt from Drew Doughty) before Cirelli tracked a Hagel clear and tallied an empty-netter at 18:43.
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Lightning play the Islanders after Hagel’s 2-goal showing
Lightning's Brandon Hagel: Snaps eight-game goal drought
The first goal was a thing of beauty. Hagel pulled an outside-in move on defender Jordan Spence at speed at the Kings blue line, and he broke in fast and went five-hole on David Rittich. His second came late in the third when he followed a break by Nikita Kucherov,
Hagel gets 3 points, propels Lightning past Kings in shutout
Many players drafted in the sixth or seventh round never pan out. But those who do often have a grinder's mentality and a hunger to stay.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots, Brandon Hagel scored two goals and had an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on Thursday night. Anthony Cirelli scored his fourth short-handed goal of the season for the Kings.
After struggling to convert scoring changes, Tampa Bay has just 1 goal through the first 2 periods but makes it stick.
The Blackhawks, in return for Hagel, got two first-round picks (2023 and 2024), and two players (Boris Katchouk and Taylor Raddysh). The 2023 first-round pick ended up turning into Oliver Moore. As for 2024, they used that first to move up two spots with the New York Islanders and they selected Sacha Boisvert.
Brandon Hagel scored twice in a three-point outing, Andrei Vasilevskiy notched his third shutout this season and the Tampa Bay Lightning blanked the visiting Los Angeles Kings 3-0 on Thursday night.
While teams did not claim Saad when he hit waivers, the reason for it was his $4.5 million cap hit until the end of 2025-26. However, now that he is hitting the free-agent market,
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots, Brandon Hagel scored two goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-0. Anthony Cirelli scored his fourth short-handed goal of the season for the Kings.
Nestled into a pocket above Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brandon Hagel’s locker at AMALIE Arena is a thoughtfully placed sticker. The sticker reads “Pippy”, with the number six above the name, the number 93 stationed below.
Hagel notched an assist and two shots on goal in Friday's 4-3 overtime win over the Blackhawks. Hagel helped out on Nick Paul's goal late in the second period that started the Lightning's comeback push.
He came in with the plan to rebuild the team, trading away several players, including Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat and Brandon Hagel. In Year 4 of the rebuild, it doesn't appear to be progressing ...
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