Brandon Hagel scored twice in 23 seconds throughout Tampa Bay’s five-goal first-period outburst because the Lightning trounced the visiting San Jose Sharks 8-1 on Thursday.
Cam Atkinson and Conor Geekie had a objective and an help apiece earlier than Hagel hit the web twice. Jake Guentzel, who completed with two factors, scored to cap the explosive body, placing the Lightning in place to enhance to 8-0-1 of their previous 9 conferences with San Jose.
Anthony Cirelli, Nick Perbix and Nick Paul additionally scored for the Lightning, whereas Brayden Level dished out a career-high-tying 4 assists in his 600th NHL recreation. Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh every had two helpers.
Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 pictures to enhance to 8-2-0 all-time in opposition to San Jose and win for the second time in his previous 5 begins. The Lightning have alternated losses and wins for the previous six video games.
Alexander Wennberg scored for the Sharks, who slipped to 4-8-4 on the street. San Jose had a three-game profitable streak finish.
Sharks goalie Vitek Vanecek surrendered 5 targets on 12 pictures and was pulled following the primary interval. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 21 of 24 pictures in reduction.
Enjoying with out top-line proper winger Nikita Kucherov, the Lightning had been unfazed and received two targets from the third line on their first six pictures.
Atkinson discovered the web on Tampa Bay’s third shot on Vanecek simply 86 seconds in by tipping in his third objective after Geekie’s lengthy shot. Geekie notched his fourth at 7:29.
Hagel tallied twice, neatly deking Vanecek at 8:32 earlier than potting his twelfth at 8:55 — giving the house facet three tallies in 1:26. Guentzel’s eleventh rounded out the interval’s scoring on an influence play at 17:45.
Within the second interval, McDonagh’s shot was tipped in by Cirelli for his eleventh objective general and ninth previously 10 video games at 4:16. Perbix managed his third objective to shut the body with a 7-0 edge.
Wennberg’s seventh objective broke the shutout bid 14 seconds into the third interval.
Paul, in his return to the lineup after lacking six video games, answered along with his sixth at 6:01 as Tampa Bay tied its season-high objective complete.
–Discipline Degree Media