The Tampa Bay Lightning surprised the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Monday, scoring 5 occasions within the first interval alone.
Left winger Brandon Hagel assisted on 4 of these tallies, tying an NHL document for essentially 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 staff lengthy to select proper up the place it left off within the second.
Hagel registered his fifth help of the evening on an influence play purpose by teammate Brayden Level to increase his staff’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 objectives (30 in 2022-23), assists (49 in 2023-24) and factors (75 in 2023-24) since becoming a member of the staff and helped it attain its third consecutive Stanley Cup Closing in 2022.
This season, Hagel has racked up 26 factors in 20 video games performed (9 objectives, 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.
