The Tampa Bay Lightning shocked the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Monday, scoring 5 instances within the first interval alone.
Left winger Brandon Hagel assisted on 4 of these tallies, tying an NHL report for probably the most in a primary interval. He turns into simply the ninth participant in league historical past to perform the feat.
Tampa Bay exited the primary body up 5-1 and it did not take the crew lengthy to choose proper up the place it left off within the second.
Hagel registered his fifth help of the night time on an influence play objective by teammate Brayden Level to increase his crew’s result in 6-1.
That tied him with three others in franchise historical past for the most helpers in a game (Mark Recchi, Martin St. Louis and Darren Raddysh).
Hagel was acquired by Tampa Bay in a commerce with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2022.
He is hit career highs in targets (30 in 2022-23), assists (49 in 2023-24) and factors (75 in 2023-24) since becoming a member of the crew and helped it attain its third consecutive Stanley Cup Remaining in 2022.
This season, Hagel has racked up 26 factors in 20 video games performed (9 targets, 17 assists).
Tampa Bay downed Colorado 8-2 and snapped a two-game skid. It now awaits the Washington Capitals on Wednesday forward of the Thanksgiving vacation.