Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 2026 · UBS Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 26–23

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Recap

Brandon Hagel hat trick powers Lightning past Islanders

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Saturday night at UBS Arena. The Lightning never trailed, building a 2-0 lead in the first period before the Islanders scored three times in the second to tie it. Tampa Bay pulled away with two goals late in the third.

Brandon Hagel scored three goals for the hat trick, including the game winner at 18:16 of the third period and an empty netter at 18:37. He added an assist for a four point night. Jake Guentzel chipped in two goals, and Tony DeAngelo had a goal and an assist for New York.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win, while Ilya Sorokin stopped 21 of 25 in the loss. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 26-23 and have now won four straight to improve to 4-1-0.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	2	1	2	5	26
NYI	0	3	0	3	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jake Guentzel (2)Unassisted1–005:45 TBL
Brandon Hagel (2)Victor Hedman (1), Max Crozier (1)2–015:42 TBL

2nd period

Tony DeAngelo (1)Ondrej Palat (1)Guentzel 2:02 into shift2–106:27 NYI
Jake Guentzel (3)Nikita Kucherov (6), Brandon Hagel (4)Pelech 1:27 into shift3–107:54 TBL · PPG
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (1)Matthew Schaefer (4), Tony DeAngelo (1)3–211:41 NYI
Brayden Schenn (2)Bo Horvat (2), Matias Maccelli (3)3–319:53 NYI · PPG

3rd period

Brandon Hagel (3)Max Crozier (2), Ryan McDonagh (1)4–318:16 TBL
Brandon Hagel (4)Anthony Cirelli (1), Nikita Kucherov (7)5–318:37 TBL · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:02

2–1 · 2nd 6:27 · DeAngelo. Guentzel was 2:02 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceNYI on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 TBL

1st 5:45 · Guentzel

Duclair 0:53

NormalDuclair 0:53

2–0 TBL

1st 15:42 · Hagel

Pageau 0:34

Fresh legsPageau 0:34

2–1 NYI

2nd 6:27 · DeAngelo

Stuck out there: Guentzel 2:02

Stuck out thereGuentzel 2:02

3–1 TBL

2nd 7:54 · PP · Guentzel

Long shift: Pelech 1:27

Long shiftPelech 1:27

3–2 NYI

2nd 11:41 · Pageau

McDonagh 0:57

NormalMcDonagh 0:57

3–3 NYI

2nd 19:53 · PP · Schenn

McDonagh 0:48

NormalMcDonagh 0:48

4–3 TBL

3rd 18:16 · Hagel

Stanley 0:33

Fresh legsStanley 0:33

5–3 TBL

3rd 18:37 · EN · Hagel

Schaefer 0:52

Empty netSchaefer 0:52

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

TBLNYI

26Shots on goal23

49%Faceoff %51%

1/4Power play1/2

9Penalty minutes13

18Hits30

14Blocked shots16

14Giveaways18

5Takeaways2

Penalties

1st 17:45Ryan Pulock · tripping2 min
1st 19:51Adam Pelech · tripping2 min
2nd 06:45Emil Heineman · tripping2 min
2nd 08:29Pontus Holmberg · hooking2 min
2nd 10:44Scott Sabourin · fighting5 min
2nd 10:44Logan Stanley · fighting5 min
2nd 12:43Victor Eklund · cross checking2 min
2nd 18:12Charle-Edouard D'Astous · cross checking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

38Brandon HagelL	3	1	4	+2	6	3	4	0	–	21:32
59Jake GuentzelC	2	0	2	+1	4	1	0	0	–	19:29
86Nikita KucherovR	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:46
24Max CrozierD	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	0	–	16:30
71Anthony CirelliC	0	1	1	+3	0	1	1	0	45	18:04
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	15:56
77Victor HedmanD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	10:34
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	36	18:57
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	83	15:14
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	17:37
49Scott SabourinR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	09:29
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:13
94Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	25	11:27
95Ilya MikheyevR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:16
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	13:30
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	20:43
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	19:01
90J.J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:01

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Dennis HildebyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	23	20	3	.870	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

77Tony DeAngeloD	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	–	16:33
10Brayden SchennC	1	0	1	-1	2	4	2	0	57	17:20
14Bo HorvatC	0	1	1	-1	3	4	0	0	54	20:09
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	1	0	1	-1	1	3	1	0	53	14:35
63Matias MaccelliL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	14:29
81Ondrej PalatL	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	0	–	15:23
48Matthew SchaeferD	0	1	1	-1	8	1	0	0	–	27:07
11Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	13:17
21Kyle PalmieriC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:16
38Victor EklundR	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	–	13:25
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	13:41
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	67	10:10
64Calum RitchieC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	25	13:37
92Simon HolmstromR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	13:18
3Adam PelechD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	–	21:05
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2	–	19:14
8Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	5	–	19:38
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	14:45

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SorokinG	L	25	21	4	.840	59:49
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00