Brandon Hagel scored twice as the Tampa Bay Lightning topped the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Thursday night at Nationwide Arena.
Hagel opened the scoring at 2:57 of the first period, with assists from Charle-Edouard D'Astous and Nikita Kucherov. Matthew Knies tied it 1-1 on the power play at 12:20 of the first period. Jake Guentzel put the Lightning ahead 2-1 at 1:06 of the third period, with assists from Hagel and John Carlson. Hagel made it 3-1 at 7:41 of the third period.
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For Tampa Bay, Hagel had two goals and an assist, Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Kucherov had two assists, and Dennis Hildeby stopped 28 of 29 shots.
For Columbus, Knies scored, and Jet Greaves stopped 25 of 28 shots.
Columbus outshot Tampa Bay 29-28. Tampa Bay went 0 for 0 on the power play, and Columbus went 1 for 2. The Lightning moved to 13-4-2. The Blue Jackets fell to 7-10-0.
The Lightning are second in the Eastern Conference and have won two straight. The Blue Jackets sit 16th in the Eastern Conference and have lost three straight.
The Lightning next host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Blue Jackets next host the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
